I originally asked this question in /r/tor and was told to ask it here too.
I'm doing a research paper for school on tor hidden services and came across a link to a reddit article about how the media exaggerated the number of child porn sites to be around 100 large sites but in reality is closer to 5 small sites. Are there any other uses of tor hidden services the media has exaggerated?
Note: The class this is for is more focused on journalism and reporting than technology. If I focus the paper on technology or how tor works or anything other than the writing prompt, I'll lose points. The main question I'm asking here is: Are there any other uses of tor hidden services the media has exaggerated?
Tor Is used by terrorists, druggies, hackers, revolutionaries, anyone and everyone who wants privacy.