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Xenu Do, But Not on Slashdot

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/03/42486

Scientology's notoriously litigious attack attorneys strong-armed Slashdot editors into deleting a discussion board message, which allegedly contained copyrighted material. [Wired]

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Wayback Machine Purged of Scientology Criticism

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/02/09/24/226253.shtml

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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The Scientology sect vs. Internet

http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/CoS/

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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The Church of Scientology vs. the Net

http://www.thecia.net/users/rnewman/scientology/home.html

Journal of the events involving net-denizens and the Church of Scientology occurring in 1995 and 1996.

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Scientology Slips Through the Net

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1998/05/12355

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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Scientology Cult Attacks XS4ALL

http://www.xs4all.nl/~felipe/cos/

Contains links and press coverage both in Dutch and English translations.

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Scientologists Shut Down ISP

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/16197

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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Scientologists Lose a Round in Copyright fight

http://www.salon.com/21st/log/1998/11/10log.html

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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Net Archive Silences Scientology Critic

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-959236.html

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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Internet is battleground in foes' war of information

http://www.sptimes.com/News/32999/Worldandnation/Internet_is_battlegro.html

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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Google Bows to Scientology!

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105030

Message board discussing Google's March 2002 removal of sites critical of Scientology.

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Getting Clear at BU?

http://www.salon.com/media/media960515.html

Boston University chairman's legal role in Scientology copyright flap raises questions. [Salon.com]

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Exclusions from the Wayback Machine

http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=778

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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Cyber-Rights: The Church of Scientology vs. the Net

http://cpsr.org/prevsite/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/web/current-scientology.html/

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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Copyright--Or Wrong?

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/07/22/scientology/index.html

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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Clam-Nanny Cracked

http://www.taniwha.com/crack.list.html

The list of banned servers, forbidden newsgroups and censored words from the Church of Scientology censorware.

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Church of Scientology fights Google

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1949879.stm

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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Church of Scientology Censors Net Access for Members

http://www.xenu.net/archive/events/censorship/

Information about the CoS censorware that filters any site that may say anything critical about the organization.

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Anti-Scientology Site Shut Down

http://slashdot.org/yro/99/11/19/0219227.shtml

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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Anonymity: 0. Scientology: 1.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.05/eword.html?pg=7

About the raid on anon.penet.fi, at the behest of the Church of Scientology. [Wired Magazine]

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About Scientology's Cookie-Cutter Web Pages

http://www.scientology-lies.com/aboutspam.html

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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A Web of Their Own

http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/07/15feature.html

Scientologists say their Internet filter protects the faithful. Critics call it "cult mind-control." [Salon.com]

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