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Research of the Internet as a site for communication and networking has focused mostly on the searchable (clear) web. The minitrack turns to online darknet environments<\/strong>, an area of the Internet accessed by tools such as onion routing (Tor), and containing anonymous web traffic that cannot be traced by normal means. As a result, it features a wide range of interests that range from progressive and benevolent to violence and disruption. The Dark Web permits almost unobservable data transfer for, e.g., military and democracy movement use, but also hosts sites that cater on one hand for abuse victims\u2019 support groups and whistleblower data dumps, but on the other, also the distribution of drugs or child exploitation images.<\/p>\n How the Dark Web shapes connections and communication and how it intersects with the Clear Web has not been sufficiently explored. Although the usage of the Dark Web is reported in literature, there is a still poor understanding of the Dark Web in terms of its social, cultural, or legal dimensions, to indicate only a few aspects. Besides, the research is still scarce when it comes to specifics of designing research on the Dark Web, e.g. pinpointing crucial methodologies or research ethics.<\/p>\n This minitrack aim is to give insights and develop a theoretical and practical understanding of issues related to the Dark Web without excluding any methodological approaches. We welcome conceptual, theoretical, empirical and methodological papers that enrich our understanding of Dark Web as a place of communication and networking.<\/p>\n Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Authors of accepted papers have the option to fast-track extended versions of their HICSS papers either to:<\/strong><\/p>\n Electronic Markets<\/a>\u00a0(papers that approach the topic of the minitrack from the perspective of the digital economy)<\/span><\/p>\n\n