how do you know the site for the bcc is not bbc.is, bbc.net or even bbcnews.com?

jeroenhd · on July 16, 2023

You don't, but it's easier to make fakes if you can use the exact same readable prefix since nobody will even try to remember the full ___domain name.

The most reliable solution is to type the business name into Google if you remember to skip the scam ads. Google doesn't track Tor, though.

codetrotter · on July 15, 2023

Presumably BBC would DMCA any site on clearnet that ripped their content and pretended to be the official site.

With an onion site on Tor they would not be able to do so easily.

But hopefully if they were running an onion site and not any regular site, they would mention their onion address frequently on their TV channel, and that way many people would know the real address.