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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]

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.

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]

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]

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.

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]

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.

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]

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.

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.

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]

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.

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]

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]

Scientologists Lose a Round in Copyright fight - http://archive.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]

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]

Scientologists shut ISP's Net connection - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-866656.html
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]

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

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

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]

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.

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.

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]

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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