Inquisition on the Net

The Church of Scientology is a bit paranoid. Under the teachings of their former leader L. Ron Hubbard (a former science fiction writer), CoS has been using strong-arm tactics to stifle ALL anti-church discussion on the Net. So when ex-scientologists began posting excerpts and full tracts of high level, "sacred" scriptures, the church began litigation with furious energy.

The church has used primarily copyright law to shut down servers and infiltrate anonymous remailers worldwide. This has drawn the ire of Netizens worldwide who see this as a form of censorship and a blatant attack on the Internet. Although CoS does raise some real copyright issues, some of the proceedings are more bizarre than the strangest science fiction.

Recent Updates

The church is involved in litigation.

Some Interesting Links

• www.xs4all.nl
  These pages are run by F.A.C.T.net, one of the most active anti-CoS groups. This resource contains links to articles, testaments, affadavits, declarations, and observations by anti-Cos people worldwide.

• www.cybercom.net/~rnewman/scientology/home.html
  Maintained by Ron Newman, these pages are thorough and well maintained. They describe in detail and provide supporting links for most of the major cases and incidents.

• www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/Web/People/dst/Fishman/
  This site concentrates primarily on two of the most well publicized Scientology cases of the last few years--which fueled the talk that has led to the current Internet discussion surrounding the church.