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The Deep Web: An Exploratory Study of Social Networks


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Rachel Sitarz and Kelly Cole
Abstract
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the reason one would use an anonymous .onion social network. The current study surveyed users on various Tor social networks (n=200), through the use of an unstructured, open ended questionnaire. Data was analyzed using a Thematic Analysis method. The top 5 themes and demographics were recorded and presented below.