This project seeks to examine the potential mis-use of Massive Multiplayer Online Environmnets (MMOs) by radical elements in society such as, terrorists and other real life activist or criminal groups.
The project is currently running research into a number of worlds but has as its primary focus the virtual world of Second Life.
This is an independent research project run by Roderick Jones who can be contacted at: rjones@metaterror.com
Original piece on the potential use of MMO's for terrorism can be found here:
Comments from the TerraNova Blog can be found here:
Comments from the CounterTerrorism Blog can be found here:
The subject of the extremist use of MMO's is now being addressed in the MetaSecurity Blog: