I was on youtube and I opened this video that was in my suggestion box.
I think it was there because of my recent search history of html tutorials.
The video explains 7 real life stories about the Deep Web.
Then I googled "the deep web" and clicked a wikipedia page.
This Wiki page briefly illustrates the concept and use of the deep web.
I was curious on the topic because it is related to coding and the complexity of the internet
in general.
In the terminology section of the wiki, I clicked on a hyperlink named "Silk Road".
I had stumbled upon one of the black market sites.
The site operated as a platform for buying/selling drugs using bitcoins.
It was the amazon of illegal goods.
I saw a hyperlink to information of the founder of the website.
Bringing me to the fourth link.
A man named Ross Ulbricht was the former operator of the deep web the Silk Road.
Apparently the FBI and the DEA spent years to track the operator of the website,
and Ulbricht's profile seemed nothing related to drug trafficing.
He was finally found and arrested in 2015, and now serving
a life sentence with no parole possibilities.
I clicked a website named "freeross.org" in Ulbricht's biography.
It is an organization dedicated for Ulbricht. Users can take action to donate to fund for his appeal
and view information about his case.
I started my dérive on my youtube page and ended up on
a website for a former online black market operator.