The Dark Web | Human Experimentation, Red Rooms, Drugs and Weapons! #darkweb

BILLY IS BACK! Are you ready for this one? If you're not in the know, you might be asking, "What is the deep web?" Also known as the "darknet" (this latter term is, in fact, more accurate) and primarily accessed through the Tor network, the deep web basically allows access to the 21st-century underground market. It's also an anonymous "playground" for content that's unsuitable for the "clearnet" (the everyday Internet). It is largely untraceable (though not completely) and is perhaps most widely used for the sale of unmentionable goods and services.

Beyond drugs, some use the deep web to buy and sell weapons. But perhaps most alarming of all, some use it to exchange or discuss photos and videos of children cryptically referred to as "cheese pizza." (The "C" and "P" heading each word explains this code word.)

While these aspects of the deep web are unsettling in and of themselves, the deep web's reputation as a playground for hedonism, depravity, and nefarious or sinister acts is a bit unfounded. Aside from questionable content and sales, much of the content accessed via Tor is fairly innocuous.

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