: Bernd Brandes responded, and the two eventually met in Rotenburg, Germany, where the act was carried out and partially videotaped.

This topic falls under the umbrella of and Digital Forensics . The Cannibal Cafe was a notorious online community active in the early 2000s. Because of the illicit nature of the discussions that took place there, the archives are frequently used by researchers, journalists, and forensic psychologists to study criminal behavior, online radicalization, and the early "dark web" culture.

The Cafe grew out of the convergence of several early internet subcultures: