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» A Web of Their Own
   Scientologists say their Internet filter protects the faithful. Critics call it "cult mind-control." [Salon.com]
   http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/07/15feature.html

» About Scientology's Cookie-Cutter Web Pages
   Explains how the Scientologist On-line program, which promoted flooding search engines with thousands of nearly-identical so-called "personal" pages, backfired on Scientology.
   http://www.scientology-lies.com/aboutspam.html

» Anonymity: 0. Scientology: 1.
   About the raid on anon.penet.fi, at the behest of the Church of Scientology. [Wired Magazine]
   http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.05/eword.html?pg=7

» Anti-Scientology Site Shut Down
   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]
   http://slashdot.org/yro/99/11/19/0219227.shtml

» Church of Scientology Censors Net Access for Members
   Information about the CoS censorware that filters any site that may say anything critical about the organization.
   http://www.xenu.net/archive/events/censorship/

» Church of Scientology fights Google
   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 resul
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1949879.stm

» Clam-Nanny Cracked
   The list of banned servers, forbidden newsgroups and censored words from the Church of Scientology censorware.
   http://www.taniwha.com/crack.list.html

» Copyright--Or Wrong?
   The Church of Scientology takes up a new weapon--the Digital Millennium Copyright Act--in its ongoing battle with critics. [Salon.com]
   http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/07/22/scientology/index.html

» Cyber-Rights: The Church of Scientology vs. the Net
   Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility site outlines major events and trends in Scientology's war against fair use and freedom of speech online.
   http://cpsr.org/prevsite/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/web/current-scientology.html/

» Exclusions from the Wayback Machine
   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.
   http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=778

» Getting Clear at BU?
   Boston University chairman's legal role in Scientology copyright flap raises questions. [Salon.com]
   http://www.salon.com/media/media960515.html

» Google Bows to Scientology!
   Message board discussing Google's March 2002 removal of sites critical of Scientology.
   http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105030

» Internet is battleground in foes' war of information
   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]
   http://www.sptimes.com/News/32999/Worldandnation/Internet_is_battlegro.html

» Net Archive Silences Scientology Critic
   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]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-959236.html

» Scientologists Lose a Round in Copyright fight
   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]
   http://www.salon.com/21st/log/1998/11/10log.html

» Scientologists Shut Down ISP
   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]
   http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/16197

» Scientology Cult Attacks XS4ALL
   Contains links and press coverage both in Dutch and English translations.
   http://www.xs4all.nl/~felipe/cos/

» Scientology Slips Through the Net
   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]
   http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1998/05/12355

» Scientology on the World Wide Web
   A collection of links to pro and con sites. [St. Petersburg Times]
   http://www.sptimes.com/News/32999/Worldandnation/Scientology_on_the_Wo.html

» The Church of Scientology vs. the Net
   Journal of the events involving net-denizens and the Church of Scientology occurring in 1995 and 1996.
   http://www.thecia.net/users/rnewman/scientology/home.html

» The Church of Scientology's Supremacy over the search term "Scientology" on Google
   Analysis of CoS manipulation of Internet search utilities to obtain high page ranks for its sites.
   http://www.operatingthetan.com/google/

» The Scientology sect vs. Internet
   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.
   http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/CoS/

» Wayback Machine Purged of Scientology Criticism
   Report that the Wayback Machine, an archive of web sites, has censored anti-Scientology site xenu.net. Links and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
   http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/02/09/24/226253.shtml

» Xenu Do, But Not on Slashdot
   Scientology's notoriously litigious attack attorneys strong-armed Slashdot editors into deleting a discussion board message, which allegedly contained copyrighted material. [Wired]
   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/03/42486