Tor is used by hundreds of thousands of people to protect their activities online. This could be journalists or human rights workers in politically rigid countries communicating with whistle blowers and dissidents. Law enforcement officers on Internet sting operations stay anonymous with Tor. As do people wanting to post socially sensitive information in chat rooms, like rape or abuse survivors and those with illnesses. The Tor Network also provides protection for people looking for another layer of privacy from the millions of websites bent on collecting private information and tracking their moves online.

Tor is used by malicious defamators to promote abuse and unfounded rumors on the net