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Digital Rights and Press Freedom Groups That Use Tor

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Digital rights groups are among the most visible non-news organizations running onion services, and for good reason. Beyond news outlets, a number of established digital rights and press freedom organizations maintain a presence on Tor, both to demonstrate the technology and to make their own resources censorship-resistant. Why these organizations bother with onion services Human […]

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Is the Dark Web Illegal? Separating Myth from Reality

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One of the most common questions people search for is some version of “is the dark web illegal?” The honest answer is: no, not by itself — but the question mixes up three different things that are worth separating. The dark web is a technology, not a crime The “dark web” simply refers to parts

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Legitimate .onion Services Worth Knowing About

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Legitimate onion services exist across far more categories than most people expect. A number of well-known, mainstream organizations run an official onion service alongside their regular website. Below are the categories you’ll typically see, along with the one rule that matters most: always get the .onion address from the organization’s own official clearnet site or

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