Ethical and Societal Issues of Automated Dark Web Investigation: Part 3

Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) have to proactively prevent, detect, and deter terrorist activity involving use of the Internet and the dark web. This demanding task not only involves investigations of specific case scenarios but also searching the Internet and dark web for potential terrorist-related content independently of an individual case. Especially such case independent searches of the Internet and dark web can and need to be supported by automated tools to be reasonably effective. This chapter discusses the relevant political, ethical, and societal aspects of LEAs using an automated tool and aims to provide guidance for the development and use of such a tool by LEAs supporting their fight against terrorism.