Why Some Libraries and Archives Run Onion Mirrors
How digital libraries and archives use onion mirrors to stay reachable under censorship, and how that differs from a piracy site.
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Onion Services
How Whistleblowing Platforms Protect Sources and Documents
How systems like SecureDrop and GlobaLeaks work, why onion access matters for source protection, and basic opsec if you’re considering submitting something.
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How Independent News Outlets Use Tor to Reach Readers Under Censorship
Why outlets like the BBC and ProPublica run onion mirrors, how readers under censorship benefit, and how to verify you have the real address.
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Digital Rights and Press Freedom Groups That Use Tor
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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What Does .onion Mean? How Onion Addresses Actually Work
If you’ve spent any time reading about privacy or the “dark web,” you’ve probably seen addresses that end in .onion instead of the usual .com or .org. These aren’t normal domain names — they’re a special address format that only works inside the Tor network, and understanding how they’re built explains a lot about why
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Legitimate .onion Services Worth Knowing About
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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What Is Tor and the Onion Network? A Beginner’s Guide
The Tor onion network is free, open-source software that routes your internet traffic through a volunteer-run network of relays, and it’s the foundation everything else on this site builds on. Tor stands for The Onion Router. Each relay only knows the previous and next hop in the chain, never the full path, which makes it
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