ProPublica launches the first major site on the Dark Web

The so-called Dark Web, or the Invisible Network, which gained fame as a paradise for criminals and drug dealers, is slowly but surely beginning to take on the appearance of a web mirror with a greater emphasis on privacy protection. And now a non-profit news organization called ProPublica has joined the ranks of the Deep Web.

On Wednesday, ProPublica became the first popular digital publication to launch a version of its website that will operate using Tor, which allows you to browse websites anonymously, blog, chat online, etc. ProPublica explains its decision to go to the Internet underground »Precisely in order to provide news readers with complete anonymity and protection of their private information. Even the fact that the user has accessed the site will be hidden from Internet service providers.

“Everyone has the right to decide which metadata to keep on the network,” says Mike Tigas, the developer who worked on the hidden Tor service of ProPublica. "We do not want anyone to know that you have visited our site or that you are reading."
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Chigas began to think about launching a hidden service last year, when news about Chinese censorship on the Internet appeared on the site, since the publication wanted to make sure that the report itself would be available to readers from China and would not be affected by censorship.

The site is available on the Tor network at the unique address propub3r6espa33w.onion .