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Scientologists say their Internet filter protects the faithful. Critics call it "cult mind-control." [Salon.com]
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Explains how the Scientologist On-line program, which promoted flooding search engines with thousands of nearly-identical so-called "personal" pages, backfired on Scientology.
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About the raid on anon.penet.fi, at the behest of the Church of Scientology. [Wired Magazine]
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The owner of xenu.net reported that the site was shut down after the ISP received a letter from Scientology's Religious Technology Center alleging trademark infringement. [Slashdot]
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Information about the CoS censorware that filters any site that may say anything critical about the organization.
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Civil libertarians were outraged when Google removed links to a site which portrays Scientology as a money-hungry cult. Scientology's legal threat may have backfired, since the critic's site now is second only to the Church's official site in search results. [BBC News]
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The list of banned servers, forbidden newsgroups and censored words from the Church of Scientology censorware.
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The Church of Scientology takes up a new weapon--the Digital Millennium Copyright Act--in its ongoing battle with critics. [Salon.com]
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Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility site outlines major events and trends in Scientology's war against fair use and freedom of speech online.
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An Internet Archive spokesperson states, on a message board, that materials were removed from the Wayback Machine because Scientology lawyers claimed ownership. This goes over like a lead balloon.
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Boston University chairman's legal role in Scientology copyright flap raises questions. [Salon.com]
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Message board discussing Google's March 2002 removal of sites critical of Scientology.
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Around the clock, from Norway, the Netherlands, Australia and every corner of the United States, the critics of Scientology discuss the controversial organization and its practices. [St. Petersburg Times]
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The Internet Archive, buckling under pressure from the Church of Scientology, removed all links to xenu.net, and replaced them with a notice claiming the pages had been removed "per the request of the site owner." [CNET News.com]
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The war between Scientology and its online opponents may have no visible end, but victory in the latest skirmish goes to the Net. [Salon.com]
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A report that Dutch ISP Xtended Internet was cut off by its upstream provider, after the Church of Scientology threatened legal action. Also mentions Google's capitulation to a DMCA threat from Scientology. [DSLreports.com]
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Dutch ISP Xtended Internet was cut off by its upstream provider after the Church of Scientology brandished legal threats against an Xtended customer who provides documents about Scientology. [ZDNet UK]
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Contains links and press coverage both in Dutch and English translations.
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Reviews the Religious Technology Center v. Keith Henson case, in which Henson posted a document called NOTs 34 on the alt.religion.scientology newsgroup, and was fined for violating the Church of Scietology's copyright. [Wired]
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A collection of links to pro and con sites. [St. Petersburg Times]
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Journal of the events involving net-denizens and the Church of Scientology occurring in 1995 and 1996.
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Analysis of CoS manipulation of Internet search utilities to obtain high page ranks for its sites.
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Panoramic view of the "church" of Scientology's dirty campaign against its critics on the Internet, from the raids on anon.penet.fi and XS4ALL to present-day censoring of the cult's own members.
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Report that the Wayback Machine, an archive of web sites, has censored anti-Scientology site xenu.net. Links and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
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Scientology's notoriously litigious attack attorneys strong-armed Slashdot editors into deleting a discussion board message, which allegedly contained copyrighted material. [Wired]
