I don&#x27;t work for Propublica so I&#x27;m nowhere near qualified to respond to this, but Wired wrote a decent article that tried to answer that.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;propublica-launches-the-dark-webs-first-major-news-site&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;propublica-launches-the-dark-we...</a>