Scientology's Chilling Effect on Free Speech
Scientology's Chilling Effect on Free Speech in the News
| September 9, 2008 | DMCA Removal of Thousands of YouTube Videos - Complainant Doesn't Exist | On September 4 and 5, at least 4,000 anti-Scientology videos were removed from the video sharing website, YouTube. The videos removed were done so by a single Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice by an alleged 'rights group' called the American Rights Counsel LLC, which Wikinews has confirmed does not exist beyond the scope of those requests. | |
| August 6, 2008 | Anonymous Returns, Scientology Responds | Cringely outlines Scientology's long history of harassing journalists and critics. | |
| September 27, 2001 | Sympathy For The Devil: The Tory Bezazian Story | Tory Bezazian was a veteran Scientologist who loved going after church critics - until she met the darkest detractor of all. More than a year after her very public defection - the first in memory to occur on the Internet - Bezazian is still adapting to her transformation. She has quickly become a highly visible foe of the church she served for three decades. | |
| September 19, 1995 | Court Approves Return of Scientology Materials | A federal appeals court Monday stiff-armed the Church of Scientology's request to be allowed to keep boxes of information seized in raids of two Boulder County men's homes. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved its five-day-old emergency order holding up return of the materials to Lawrence Wollersheim of Boulder and Bob Penny of Niwot, clearing the way for return of the property. | |
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