Internet terrorism - Definition and Overview

Internet terrorism is a term often discussed in the context of Cyberspace as the use or misuse of information dissemination for terrorist purposes.

Although Terrorism is generally defined as the use of violence, for political reasons, against non-military targets, some scholars argue that terrorism is most successful when its message reaches a large public, much larger than the circle of those actually harmed by it. By inference, people or groups that use the Internet for the systematic spreading of information aimed at harassing, damaging or destroying the business of corporations or the public standing of political and religious figures, could be accused of Internet terrorism.

See also

• Cyberterrorism
• Information terrorism
• Anti-Cult Terrorism

References

• Denning, Dorothy E., and Peter J. Denning (ed.). Internet Besieged: Countrering Cyberspace Scofflaws. New York: ACM Press, 1998
• Introvigne, Massimo. So Many Evil Things: Anti-Cult Terrorism via the Internet. 1999 [1] (http://www.cesnur.org/testi/anticult_terror.htm)