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]

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.

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]

Amazon.com has removed a controversial book from its listings, a book well known for angering the Church of Scientology. [Wired]

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]

Company says original ban not a mistake but thanks Netizens for feedback. [ZDNet News]

Responding to customer criticism, Amazon.com said it will restore a book critical of Scientology to its list of available titles. [CNET News.com]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Scientologists say side panels on the buses carried ads attacking their church, violating state law. [St. Petersburg Times]

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]

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]

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]

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).

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

German official Ursula Caberta reports that in her country, Scientology is viewed as "a new kind of political extremism." [St. Petersburg Times]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Google reinstated a link to an anti-Scientology site after coming under fire from free speech advocates. [Silicon.com]

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]

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]

Warns college students about the deceptive cult of Scientology, a greedy corporation which is almost the exact opposite of a religion. [Daily Cougar]

An anti-Scientology activist claims that the church made him an offer he had to refuse: $12 million. [Westword]

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]

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]

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]

Plus a little bit of radio and TV. Part of Ron Newman's "The Church of Scientology vs. the Net".

A web of intrigue surrounds the high-stakes legal brawl between FACTnet and the Church of Scientology. [Westword]

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]

Profile of Jeff Jacobsen, a critic of Scientology. [Phoenix New Times]

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]

The transit authority limits ads to "commercial transactions" after anti-Scientology messages draw church protest. [St. Petersburg Times]

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]

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]

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]

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 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]

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]

Church of Scientology International threatens to sue two sites critical of it, on grounds of alleged trademark and copyright violations. [CNET news.com]

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]

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]

The German government is examining whether a utility developed by a Scientologist would prohibit public agencies from installing Windows 2000. [Wired]

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]

A Florida appeals court has ordered the Church of Scientology to stop harassing the estate of Lisa McPherson. [ABC 28 News]

A personal selection of articles from national and local UK press, radio and television concerning L. Ron Hubbard's cult of Scientology.

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]

Is Hollywood on the wrong side in Germany's "Church" vs. state furor? [Salon.com]

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]

The Scientologists' "attack" litigation strategy amounts to an all-out war on district court judges, including harassment, contempt, and recusal motions. [The American Lawyer]

Blog of recent news about Scientology, with archive and opportunity for discussion.

Ron Hubbard was dead but the Scientologists were still out to make their mark on the world. Starting with unauthorized biographer Russell Miller. [Punch]

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]

In the online brawl over Scientology, Internet users discover that virtual reality bites back. [Westword]

Private detectives employed by Scientology law firm Moxon & Kobrin trailed critic Jesse Prince for months before succeeding in getting him arrested. [Tampa Tribune]

Tom Jarriel talks with both insiders and critics, but Scientology comes off looking very bad. Transcript. [ABC 20/20]

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]

The Scientologists call it 'baby-watching', but it has nothing to do with looking after infants. Tim Kelsey and Mike Ricks investigate the potentially dangerous, and possibly illegal, secret treatment that the world's largest cult uses to deal with difficult members. [The Independent II]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.