The founder of the Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht was accused of procuring murders for hire online in order to safeguard his empire, but those were intended to be recorded only for billing purposes and not to be streamed live. That the libertarian ethos of online marketplaces such as the Silk Road had a dark side is well documented. The very existence of so called “Red Rooms” is a matter of some debate a largely unsubstantiated online myth. We will make at least the first hour family friendly, and explicitly warn you before things get violent. The background to the hoax can be found in this article from but essentially the premise was that the individuals concerned had captured a number of ISIS fighters who would be tortured, humiliated and ultimately killed on a live stream:Įxpect fun games, mingle and torture as promised. A “red room” is supposedly the online equivalent of a snuff video, a site where users can view a live stream of torture and murder. How real is the darknet? How disturbing does the content actually get? These questions have come into focus in recent days as a result of an online hoax involving a so called “red room” website.

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