BBC on the dark web – intends to circumvent censorship
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British public service broadcaster BBC started on the dark web. It wants to provide content to readers from countries and regions where access to its news is blocked. Web sites on the Tor network allow for a more secure access through an anonymous browser.
On the Dark Web, it will offer an international version of its news, available in a variety of languages including Arabic, Persian and Russian. This will allow readers to get the latest news in countries where BBC news is censored, such as China, Iran and Vietnam.
You can use the secure Tor Browser, which is available for free on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, or Android devices, to access websites on the dark web. The aim of this project is to protect users from surveillance and censorship. Official sites adrress is www.bbc.com/news, its copy on the dark net is available after entering the address bbcnewsv2vjtpsuy.onion
(not visible in common web browser). Users can rely on spoof protection and end-to-end encryption.
There will be a version of the site available to users in the UK, but content and services that are only for the UK, such as BBC iPlayer, will not be accessible due to broadcast rights on the dark web.
Fight against censorship
The BBC said in a statement: “The BBC World Service news content is now available on the Tor network for users who live in countries where BBC News is blocked or restricted. This is in line with the mission of the BBC World Service to provide trusted news from around the world. ”
The BBC is far from being the first major site to offer its content on the dark site. For example since 2014 on facebookcorewwwi.onion is possible to access anonymously the pages of the largest Facebook social network.
Tor Browser, based on the Firefox core, is a privacy-focused software used to access the “dark web”. It can hide user information, including identity and location data, through distributed P2P network The Onion Routing, which can help people avoid government oversight and censorship.
More about the dark web here.
