BBC launches censorship-dodging news site on the dark web, accessible through Tor

In an attempt to avoid censorship around the world, the BBC has launched a dark web version of its news portal. Available on the anonymous Tor network, the BBC's new .onion site aims to sidestep government surveillance and censorship in countries such as China, Iran and Vietnam. It is the international version of BBC News that is being mirrored on the dark web, as well as foreign language services such as BBC Arabic, BBC Persian and BBC Russian. The BBC is not the first news outline to create a Tor version of its news service; the New York Times did… [Continue Reading]