- Scientology Doctor Faces Suspension - http://www.lisamcpherson.org/tt_7-25-01_minkoff.htm
Judge rules that Dr. David Minkoff illegally prescribed Valium and chloral hydrate to Lisa McPherson at the behest of fellow Scientologists, and recommends a $10,000 fine and one-year license suspension. [Tampa Tribune]
- Scientologists accused of misrepresenting selves during crisis - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2001/09/17/state2121EDT0127.DTL
The National Mental Health Association accuses the Church of Scientology of attempting to recruit members under the guise of providing mental health counseling after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. [Associated Press]
- A Mother's Betrayal by the New CAN - http://trancenet.org/groups/can.shtml
Since Scientology has taken over the old Cult Awareness Network, parents have contacted human rights group TranceNet with horror stories. CAN is now merely a front group for Scientology.
- Scientologists Force Comment Off Slashdot - http://slashdot.org/articles/01/03/16/1256226.shtml
The Church of Scientology alleged that an anonymous comment violated their copyright. Under the terms of the DMCA, Slashdot was forced to remove the offending post--but listed links to many anti-Scientology sites. Readers responded with more than 1500 comments. [Slashdot]
- See You in Court - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/bfm/punch.htm
Ron Hubbard was dead but the Scientologists were still out to make their mark on the world. Starting with unauthorized biographer Russell Miller. [Punch]
- Cult Awareness Network and Scientology - http://www.csj.org/announce/annoucement_archives/can.html
On October 23, 1996 the law firm which has represented the Church of Scientology for years purchased the logo and license agreement of the Cult Awareness Network (CAN).
- eBay E-Meter Auctions Yanked - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/04/27/1712248
Although anyone can buy an e-meter, eBay has yanked auctions of e-meters after the Church of Scientology claimed that copyright protection applies to the devices under the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. [Slashdot]
- Xenu TV - http://www.xenutv.com/
The most comprehensive video coverage of Scientology on the Web, in RealVideo format. Some radio broadcasts, in RealAudio format. Archive of newspaper and magazine articles from the 1950s to the present.
- Scientology link to drug case keeps jurors from reaching verdict - http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/apnews/stories/052501/D7C78G4G1.html
Jurors in a misdemeanor case against Jesse Prince, a critic of the Church of Scientology, were unable to reach a verdict after some on the panel suspected the church had set him up. The vote was deadlocked at 4-2 in favor of acquittal. [Associated Press]
- Scientology's Internet Wars - http://www.watchman.org/sci/c0$p1.htm
Scientology is locked in an international legal war to remove copies of their super-secret "scriptures" from the Internet, obtaining federal court orders to raid and confiscate the homes and offices of four of their most vocal critics. [The Watchman Expositor]
- Hush-Hush Money - http://www.westword.com/issues/1997-08-14/news.html
An anti-Scientology activist claims that the church made him an offer he had to refuse: $12 million. [Westword]
- Nightmare on the Net - http://www.westword.com/issues/1997-03-06/feature2.html/page1.html
A web of intrigue surrounds the high-stakes legal brawl between FACTnet and the Church of Scientology. [Westword]
- Stalking the Net - http://www.westword.com/issues/1995-10-04/feature.html/page1.html
In the online brawl over Scientology, Internet users discover that virtual reality bites back. [Westword]
- Slashdot caves in to Scientology loonies - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17677.html
Geek paradise Slashdot has taken the unprecedented step of removing a post which contained text allegedly copyrighted by the "Church" of Scientology, after receiving threats from Hubbard Space Command shysters citing the dreaded Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). [The Register]
- FRG on W2K: No CoS - http://slashdot.org/yro/00/11/05/1335233.shtml
Readers discuss Microsoft's decision to provide instructions to Germans on how to remove defrag from Win2K because the software developer's CEO is a Scientologist. The security risk is no joke. [Slashdot]
- The Church of Scientology - http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/2020.htm
Tom Jarriel talks with both insiders and critics, but Scientology comes off looking very bad. Transcript. [ABC 20/20]
- Lev L'Achim Wages Battle Against Scientology Cult - http://www.shemayisrael.com/chareidi/BRalevlachim.htm
Lev L'Achim's Anti-Cult Department attempts to close a school opened by the cult of Scientology in Tel Aviv. The Education Ministry officially announced that the school will never be licensed, and that parents who send their children there are violating the Law of Compulsory Education. [Dei'ah veDibur]
- Leaving the Fold - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/02/12/MN171898.DTL
Third-generation Scientologist, disillusioned, broke away from the Church of Scientology. In turn, they declared her father a "suppressive person" and tried to paint her as an extortionist. [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Scientologist Web site rips off urban75.com - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16273.html
The self-styled addiction "experts" at Scientology front group Narconon stole graphics, navigation, stylesheets, layout, code, everything, from a popular rave web site. . . and added a rat-on-your-friends form. [The Register]
- Lev L'Achim Launches Campaign to Fight Scientology - http://www.shemayisrael.com/chareidi/archives5761/shemini/SMIlevlchm.htm
The cult of Scientology is dangerous to the human mind, harmful to one's pocketbook, and uses deception to violate laws against forced religious conversion. [Dei'ah veDibur]
- Unfair Game: Scientologists Get Their Man - http://www.laweekly.com/ink/01/31/news-holland.shtml
Feature story concentrates on Keith Henson's misdemeanor conviction for picketing Scientology, and airs the belief that the Church of Scientology considers critics and ex-members to be "fair game" for harassment and injury. [L.A. Weekly]
- Perspectives on church clash: Ex-member claims he was locked up - http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/news/stories/20010225/localnews/310879.html
Article based on several interviews with Jesse Prince, former Inspector General of Scientology's Religious Technology Center, who says that when he tried to escape, he was kidnapped and forcibly detained. [Battle Creek Enquirer]
- Doc suspended for prescribing Valium - http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2178956&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6
The Florida Board of Medicine suspends Scientologist Dr. David I. Minkoff's medical license for one year, and furthermore rules that he is on probation for two years after that. [Associated Press]
- Scientologists in trademark disputes - http://news.com.com/2100-1023-207618.html
Church of Scientology International threatens to sue two sites critical of it, on grounds of alleged trademark and copyright violations. [CNET news.com]
- France puts Scientology sect on trial - http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,653557,00.html
The Church of Scientology has been charged with abuse of civil liberties and attempted fraud, in the first French court case against the organisation rather than its individual members. [The Guardian]
- Scientology Uses DMCA to Delist Critic's Website - http://slashdot.org/yro/02/03/21/0453200.shtml
The Church of Scientology used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to strong-arm search engine Google into removing several pages of anti-Scientology site xenu.net from search results and directory. [Slashdot]
- Scientologists gag Google - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24533.html
Search engine Google caved in to demands from the "Church" of Scientology that it delete URLs pointing to a site critical of the cult. [The Register]
- Google Relists Operation Clambake - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/0141250
After a furor over Google's removal of xenu.net from its database, the search engine relisted it--but only the main page. The other pages named in Scientology's DMCA complaint are still banned from Google. [Slashdot]
- Church v Google, round 2 - http://microcontentnews.com/articles/googleupdate.htm
Although xenu.net is once again listed in Google, the core issue has not changed: the Church of Scientology is using the DMCA to censor its critics. And, through sleight of hand, Scientology tries to apply copyright law to alleged infringement of trademarks in meta tags. [Microcontent News]
- Google U-turn in Scientology row - http://www.silicon.com/public/door?6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=52212&REQSTR1=silicon.com
Google reinstated a link to an anti-Scientology site after coming under fire from free speech advocates. [Silicon.com]
- Google versus Church, round 3 - http://microcontentnews.com/articles/googleround3.htm
Google now refuses to accept paid advertising for sites critical of Scientology. They are willing to accept payment from the Church of Scientology, however. [Microcontent News]
- Picket Fencing - http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/1999-01-21/feature2.html
Profile of Jeff Jacobsen, a critic of Scientology. [Phoenix New Times]
- BU's Scientology Connection - http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/archive/specials/scientology/SCIENTOLOGY_1.html
Earle Cooley is chairman of Boston University's board of trustees. He's also made a career out of keeping L. Ron Hubbard's secrets, by raiding critics and suing journalists. [Boston Phoenix]
- Google Begins Making DMCA Takedowns Public - http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5997
Search engine Google is posting "takedown" letters from lawyers wielding the DMCA. The move is thought to be a response to criticism of their censoring xenu.net at the behest of Scientology. [Linux Journal]
- Amazon to restore Scientology title - http://news.com.com/2100-1017-226171.html
Responding to customer criticism, Amazon.com said it will restore a book critical of Scientology to its list of available titles. [CNET News.com]
- Whacking Google - http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/techwrapper.jsp?PID=1051-250&CID=1051-040402B
Google's reputation for meaningful search results and targeted text ads took a nosedive among its fans when the search engine kowtowed to Scientology and refused ads from critics. [Tech Central Station]
- Google Does the Right Thing (Finally) - http://www.infoanarchy.org/story/2002/4/13/1258/31858
After protests, Google restored xenu.net's main page, but none of the subpages. The search engine's decision to publish the DMCA complaints, with URLs, is a smart move. [infoAnarchy]
- Church of Scientology Settles Case - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-1726623,00.html
In 1986, a jury awarded Lawrence Wollersheim damages in a suit he filed against the Church of Scientology. Sixteen years later, Scientology officials finally wrote a check to end the case. [Associated Press]
- Church of Scientology Pays $8.7 Million to Ex-Member - http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/3245385.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
Thought to be the first time the Church of Scientology has paid a judgement to an ex-member. Lawrence Wollersheim sued, claiming mental abuse by the church, and won. [Reuters]
- Cult Abuse Victim Wins [Euro]6M Payout - http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/page.cfm?objectid=11860716&method=full
The Church of Scientology has been ordered to pay 6 million euros in damages to a former member who claimed they pushed him to the brink of suicide. [The Daily Record]
- Clams Pay Wollersheim - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/5/10/104726/587
After a vicious 22-year legal battle, the Church of Scientology finally paid Lawrence Wollersheim $8.7 million they owed him from a lawsuit judgment. [Kuro5hin]
- Testimony: Church of Scientology spurred critic's arrest - http://lisatrust.freewinds.cx/print/tampa-jesse-052301.htm
Private detectives employed by Scientology law firm Moxon & Kobrin trailed critic Jesse Prince for months before succeeding in getting him arrested. [Tampa Tribune]
- Google keeps the faith with the Church of Scientology - http://www.searchutilities.com/news/archive/51/1538.html
Search engine straddles the fence, both giving in to the demands of the "vicious and dangerous cult" and furnishing the text of the complaints to an anti-DMCA site. [Silicon.com]
- Hubbard's Scientology is the practice of crazies - http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol68/8/opinion/oped3.html
Warns college students about the deceptive cult of Scientology, a greedy corporation which is almost the exact opposite of a religion. [Daily Cougar]
- "Mental Health" Hotline a Blind Lead - http://www.sptimes.com/News/091501/Worldandnation/_Mental_health__hotli.shtml
A toll-free number which appeared for several hours on Fox News in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon offered "mental health assistance." Viewers were not told that the phone number was a Church of Scientology call center. [St. Petersburg Times]
- Church Behavior? - http://www.sptimes.com/News/052601/Opinion/Church_behavior.shtml
Editorial. In the Jesse Prince case, the Church of Scientology proved once again just how far it would go to investigate, smear, intimidate, and--if possible--destroy critics. [St. Petersburg Times]
- German Visitor Takes on Scientology - http://www.sptimes.com/News/072600/NorthPinellas/German_visitor_takes_.shtml
German official Ursula Caberta reports that in her country, Scientology is viewed as "a new kind of political extremism." [St. Petersburg Times]
- Public Service Ads Banned from Buses - http://www.sptimes.com/News/22599/NorthPinellas/Public_service_ads_ba.html
The transit authority limits ads to "commercial transactions" after anti-Scientology messages draw church protest. [St. Petersburg Times]
- PSTA Aims to Avoid Ad Flap - http://www.sptimes.com/News/12899/NorthPinellas/PSTA_aims_to_avoid_ad.html
The transit agency is examining its policies after anti-Scientology ads were posted on county buses in December, sparking a legal debate. [St. Petersburg Times]
- High Profile Couple Never Pairs Church and State - http://www.sptimes.com/Floridian/121398/High_profile_couple_n.html
Greta Van Susteren and her husband, John Coale, rub shoulders with notables in the nation's capital, they involve themselves in controversial legal cases, they like Florida living. But you rarely hear them speak of their religion, Scientology. [St. Petersburg Times]
- Church's Complaints Take Buses off Road - http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/120998/Church_s_complaints_t.html
Scientologists say side panels on the buses carried ads attacking their church, violating state law. [St. Petersburg Times]
- Scientologists Buy Red Cross Building - http://www.sptimes.com/News/122998/NorthPinellas/Scientologists_buy_Re.html
The Church of Scientology has completed the latest in a series of land purchases that will help clear the way for its downtown expansion project. [St. Petersburg Times]
- The Man Behind Scientology - http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/102598/scientologypart1.html
David Miscavige, the seldom-seen leader of the church, comes forth in his first newspaper interview to talk of a more peaceful time for Scientology. [St. Petersburg Times]
- Scientology in the Machine - http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,35054,00.html
The German government is examining whether a utility developed by a Scientologist would prohibit public agencies from installing Windows 2000. [Wired]
- German Win2K Bug: Scientology? - http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33154,00.html
Officials are investigating whether the country's restrictions on Scientology might affect Windows 2000. How? Part of the software technology is provided by a company with links to the church. [Wired]
- A Night of Engrams and Clears - http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/04/03/hubbard/index.html
Journalist who was invited to a birthday bash for L. Ron Hubbard, then disinvited, decides to go anyway, and reports on the long Scientologist pep rally. [Salon.com]
- Virtual Book Burning - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.09/mustread.html?pg=4
Amazon's snap decision to ban two books in the face of legal threats seemingly contradicts the high-minded free-speech ideals the company often spouts. [Wired]
- Scientology Book an Open Issue - http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,19869,00.html
A book removed from Amazon's site because of alleged legal troubles is now among the top 150 books sold by the online bookstore. [Wired]
- Amazon Relents, Reinstates Book - http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/19811.html
Amazon.com, responding to customer complaints, will restore a book pulled from its online catalog to comply with a ban on the publication in the United Kingdom. [Wired]
- Clark's big score, Case's big bore - http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-514712.html
As Compaq looks to clean up yet one more mess, Amazon offers a textbook example of how to shoot one's self in the foot. [ZDNet News]
- Amazon Drops Controversial Book - http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/19787.html
Amazon.com has removed a controversial book from its listings, a book well known for angering the Church of Scientology. [Wired]
- Scientology's "Holocaust" - http://www.salon.com/feb97/news/news970225.html
Is Hollywood on the wrong side in Germany's "Church" vs. state furor? [Salon.com]
- ScientologyWatch - http://www.scientologywatch.org/postnuke/index.php
Blog of recent news about Scientology, with archive and opportunity for discussion.
- Scientologist drug claim on poster is censured - http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/27/nasa27.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/03/27/ixhome.html
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against the Church of Scientology. The ASA ruled that Scientology had not proven its claim to have rescued hundreds of thousands of drug addicts. [Telegraph]
- Turning people into slaves according to the Russian constitution - http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/07/20/32898.html
Editorial. In France, in Germany, in the United States, the Church of Scientology has been recognized as a dangerous sect. In dismissing the Justice Ministry's suit, the court has said, in effect, that slavery is perfectly legal in Russia. [Pravda]
- Cult church censured on drug ads - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,922770,00.html
The Advertising Standards Authority found that the Scientology poster's claim of "salvaging" drug users included prescription medication, occasional social drinking and environmental toxins as "drug use." [Guardian]
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