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Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using this Service ("Service"), including using subdomains of the format [onion].pe, you agree to these Terms of Service. This applies to all users of the platform, and by using any service provided here, you agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree, you may not use the Service. We reserve the right to update these terms, and continued use of the Service constitutes acceptance of the modifications.

2. Service Purpose

The Service provides a search engine for exploring onion links and the hidden content on the dark web with the goal of promoting legal, positive content while avoiding illegal material. The way this Service works is by appending .pe to existing onion domains (similar to Tor2Web services), making them accessible through a moderated and secure interface.

The platform aims to showcase the constructive, privacy-enhancing technologies that the dark web offers, such as journalism, activism, and secure communications, while filtering out and blocking illegal or harmful content. Mapping and indexing these links is crucial to preserving the principles of decentralized web technologies.

3. Data Collection

By using the Service, you agree to the collection of the following data for the purpose of indexing and moderation:

IP Addresses: We collect the IP addresses of users accessing the platform for security and moderation purposes.

URLs: Onion links and URLs accessed via our service are logged for indexing and filtering into our search engine.

This information is used to ensure the integrity of our index and to enhance the search experience for other users by categorizing content appropriately.

4. Law Enforcement and Illegal Activity

The Service does not tolerate illegal content, including but not limited to human trafficking, child exploitation, and other forms of abuse. To ensure this, we may collect, log, and report data that indicates such illegal activity. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, accessed URLs, and timestamps.

In cases of detected illegal activity, we cooperate fully with law enforcement authorities as required by law. Any data collected in relation to illegal activities may be shared with law enforcement agencies for investigative purposes.

Your use of the Service constitutes agreement to such cooperation.

5. User Conduct

By using this Service, you agree not to engage in any illegal activities or exploit the platform for malicious purposes. The Service is intended for legal use only, and any attempt to abuse it for harmful purposes will result in the termination of access and potential reporting to law enforcement.

We utilize the following unsafe categories to filter out potentially harmful content from our search engine. The method of categorization utilizes "Llama Guard 3" created by Meta. This is to minimize the need of human resources for validating content that may cause psychological trama. The following categories are as follows:

S1: Violent Crimes

S2: Non-Violent Crimes

S3: Sex Crimes

S4: Child Exploitation

S5: Defamation

S6: Intellectual Property

S7: Indiscriminate Weapons

S8: Hate

S9: Self-Harm

S10: Sexual Content

S11: Suicide & Self-Harm

S12: Disinformation

Data obtained from loading onion content via our web proxy is flagged with these categories prior to being loaded into the search engine. If the text representation of the site being indexed contains words that match, it will be banned and future renders of it will be blocked. The ban list is a SHA256 representation of the onion URLs and can be found here.

As an extra precaution, we also utilize the onion URL ban list provided by Ahmia search engine. The list of banned MD5 representations of onion URLs can be obtained from the following external resource in Ahmia. It is utilized in blocking onion sites using our web proxy in addition to when indexing data to our search engine.

6. Privacy and Security

We prioritize the privacy and security of our users. While we collect data for moderation and security purposes, all information is securely stored and encrypted. However, if a user is found to be engaging in illegal activity, their anonymity may be compromised through reports to law enforcement, as outlined in Section 4.

7. Modifications to the Service

We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the Service, either temporarily or permanently, at any time with or without notice.

8. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, feedback, suggestions, please contact us at: admin@onion.pe

If you would like to report bad content for us to remove, contact us at: abuse@onion.pe

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