Dark Web and Cyber Security

Dr. Eric Jardine

I am an assistant professor of political science at Virginia Tech and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. While trained as a classic social scientist, I am more of a data-minded nerd with an interest in measurement, the dark web, darknet markets, cybersecurity, cybercrime, and the broader politic of technology.

Beyond titles and affiliations, I am a bit of a humdrum academic. I like to read about measurement problems for fun (hence measuringcyber.com), write and play videos such as Quest for Glory.

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RECENT ARTICLES

Eric Jardine and Andrew Lindner, (Forthcoming). “The Dark Web and Cannabis Use in the United States: Evidence from a Big Data Research Design.” International Journal of Drug Policy.

Eric Jardine, 2019. “Online Content Moderation and the Dark Web: Policy Responses to Radicalizing Hate Speech and Malicious Content on the Darknet.” First Monday, vol. 24, no. 12, 1-15.

Eric Jardine, 2019. “Beware Fake News: How Influence Operations Challenge Liberal Democratic Governments.” In Governing Cyberspace during a Crisis in Trust, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), 31-35.

Eric Jardine, 2019. “The trouble with (supply-side) counts: the potential and limitations of counting sites, vendors or products as a metric for threat trends on the Dark Web.” Intelligence and National Security, vol. 34, no. 1, 95-111.

Eric Jardine, 2018. “Tor, what is it good for? Political repression and the use of online anonymity-granting technologies.” New Media & Society, vol. 20, no. 2, 435-452.

Eric Jardine. 2018. "Mind the Denominator: Towards a More Effective Measurement System for Cybersecurity." Journal of Cyber Policy. Online first.

Eric Jardine. 2018. “Privacy, censorship, data breaches and Internet freedom: The drivers of support and opposition to Dark Web technologies.” New Media & Society. Vol. 20, no. 8, 2824-2843.

Eric Jardine. 2017. "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark:’Why the Internet’s advertising business model is broken." First Monday, vol. 22, no. 7, 1-17.