| Google Censors Scientology Critics - "The search engine Google is censoring the Internet's leading critic of the Church of Scientology, Operation Clambake." [Daily Rotten]
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| Church of Scientology wields the DMCA, Google removes xenu.net - Anti-Scientology site suddenly disappeared from Google. The reason: the search engine buckled to the Church of Scientology's abuse of the DMCA to silence critics. [Kuro5hin]
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| Google Yanks Anti-Church Sites - The Church of Scientology has managed to remove references to anti-Scientology sites from Google, by citing the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Not the first time Scientology has used legal threats to stifle criticism. [Wired]
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| Google Pulls, Replaces Web Page Critical of Scientology - Article with comments from a Google spokesperson, a Scientology lawyer, and a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. By Elinor Mills Abreu. [Reuters]
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| DMCA Used to Remove Scientology Critics from Google - Google accused of censorship for removing links to a site critical of Scientology from the search engine and its directory. Raises the question of how many other sites may be missing. [InfoAnarchy]
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| Scientology Uses DMCA to Delist Critic's Website - 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]
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| Google Removes DMCA Offenders; Anti-Scientology Sites the Latest - Google's swift removal of anti-Scientology sites is only a tip of the iceberg. Search engines cannot be trusted as long as the DMCA forces providers to cut off materials on a mere allegation, under threat of legal action. [Geek.com]
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| Scientologists gag Google - 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]
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| FACTNet: Google, Censorship and Scientology? - Press release from Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network.
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| Church v Google, round 2 - 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]
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| Google Pulls Anti-Scientology Links - "Google was accused Wednesday of effectively removing from the Internet a Web site that is critical of the Church of Scientology after it deleted links to some of the site's pages from its search engine." By Matt Loney and Evan Hansen. [CNet]
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| Google Censored by the Church of Scientology and the DMCA - "Any yahoo (no pun intended) can now have other people's materials removed from any search tool, just by writing a spurious poison-pen letter." [Boing Boing]
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| MetaFilter Comments - News brief misascribing cause of removal to "googlebombing", and ensuing reader discussion.
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| Church v. Google: How the Church of Scientology is Forcing Google to Censor its Critics - Long article on the popular search engine Google, attempts of webmasters to boost ratings, Scientology's use of copyright law to muzzle critics. Questions raised by Scientology's using the DMCA to remove critics from search engine database. [Microcontent News]
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| Cult forces Google to remove critical links - Reports on the Church of Scientology demand that Google remove links to Operation Clambake. [ZDNet UK]
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| Hazards of the DMCA - Dave Winer writes that Google's banning of a site critical of Scientology is the first scene in a Constitutional nightmare. The DMCA threatens freedom of speech. [CNET News.com]
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| Google Relists Operation Clambake - 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]
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| Google removes anti-Scientology Web links - The Church of Scientology threatened legal action under the DMCA against Google unless the search engine removed sites critical of Scientology. [CBC News]
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| Google Censors xenu.net? - "Google has chosen to block Operation Clambake from their search results." News and reader discussion. [kuro5hin]
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| Google Embroiled in Scientology Debate - Summary and analysis of the Xenu.net removal. [Search Engine Watch]
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| Scientologists use DMCA against Google - The owner of the high-profile anti-Scientology site removed from Google's search results says that it would be in Google's best interest to fight demands to censor results. Scientology spokesperson says that they asked that the site be removed to prevent violence. [VNU Business Publications]
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| Google Asked to Delist Scientology Critics - Copy of the letter from Church of Scientology law firm Moxon & Kobrin, demanding that Google remove xenu.net.
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| Scientology Complaint to Google #2 - Letter to Google from Church of Scientology, demands the removal of clambake.org, a mirror of Operation Clambake.
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| Scientology Complaint to Google #3 - Religious Technology Center (Church of Scientology) tells Google to yank a Norwegian personal page.
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| Google Publicizes DMCA Takedowns - Short note about Google linking to DMCA claims from Scientology lawyers, followed by lively discussion. [Slashdot]
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| Google Makes Scientology Infringement Demand Public - Google has made public the letter it received from Scientology lawyers demanding it remove critical content from its search engine, complete with a list of allegedly infringing URLs. [SearchDay]
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| Scientology Complaint to Google #4 - Religious Technology Center and Bridge Publications demand, on behalf of the Church of Scientology, that Google delete posts from its Usenet archive of alt.religion.scientology. Text of DMCA complaint.
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| Google vs. DMCA and Scientology - Discussion of a New York Times story on the Church of Scientology's DMCA complaints and Google's response. [Slashdot]
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| Scientology Lawyer Promises to Continue "Appropriate Action" - Helena Kobrin writes that her firm is merely protecting intellectual property rights. [Linux Journal]
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| The Google Way - Examines Google's response to Scientology's DMCA claims. Quotes lawyers for Google, the Church of Scientology, Ask Jeeves, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [Corporate Counsel]
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| Google Runs Into Copyright Dispute - Summarizes the course of events in Scientology's efforts to remove links to critics' sites from Google, and the search engine's response of providing the DMCA complaints (and links) to another site for publication. Requires free registration. [New York Times]
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| Church of Scientology simply defended copyrights - Church of Scientology International Vice President on the Scientology-Google controversy. [The Mercury News]
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