indicates articles I particularly recommend. For
general critical information on Scientology, see Operation Clambake.Up: Martin Poulter > Scientology Criticism > UK Media Archive
"The users of the Net have such diverse interests that in some ways it's stretching the truth to talk about a true electronic community. But if a catalyst were needed to unite them in the face of a common enemy, it has surely been found in the shape of the Church of Scientology."
-New Scientist, 2 September 1995
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indicates articles I particularly recommend. For
general critical information on Scientology, see Operation Clambake.
| SOURCE: | DATE: | STORY: | |
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| Independent | 03/Mar/1995 | Scientologists ends secrecy on Internet | |
| Computing | 04/Mar/1995 | Scientology Church copyright bid fails | |
| New Scientist | 18/Mar/1995 | Netropolitan (regular column) | Brief note about the emergence of Ron Newman's page on the alt.religion.scientology battle. |
| Internet and Comms Today | 01/Apr/1995 | alt.religion.scientology goes bezerk | Joel Furr on the Erlich raid. |
| .net | 01/Apr/1995 | Cult wars rage in Cyberspace | |
| New Scientist | 29/Apr/1995 | Netropolitan (regular column) | Scientology "outs" the secret identity of its critic TarlaStar |
| Independent | 04/May/1995 | Scientology's secret scriptures are revealed on the Internet | |
| The Net (BBC 2) | 15/May/1995 | Scientology versus the Internet | Background to the raid on Dennis Erlich's home and the ensuing court case. Includes interviews with Helena Kobrin, Tom Klemesrud, Dennis Erlich and Shari Steele of the EFF. |
| The Net (BBC 2) | 03/Jul/1995 | Anonymity | Report on the closure of the Penet anonymous remailer in Finland, which was prompted by attacks from Scientology. Includes an interview with the owner of the remailer, Julf Helsingus. |
| Guardian | 17/Aug/1995 | Scientologists fight on | |
| New Scientist | 31/Aug/1995 | Netropolitan (regular column) | Mention of the Internet's war against Scientology, with recommended links. |
| Independent | 04/Sep/1995 | Warning: Prince Xenu could destroy the 'net! | |
| Observer | 01/Oct/1995 | Law of the Wires | |
| Times | 25/Oct/1995 | Scientologists step up campaign against net critics | Report on threats of legal action against netizens |
| BBC World Service | 31/Oct/1995 | The Week on the Web (Lead item) | Interview with Martin Poulter about legal threats made against him. |
| Hype Webzine | 12/Nov/1995 | Scientology takes on the 'net | Background to the ruckus on alt.religion.scientology. This webzine received a threat of legal action from Helena Kobrin. |
| BBC World Service | 10/Jan/1996 | Newshour (item) | |
| Independent | 02/May/1996 | Let's All Beam Up To Heaven | Editorial about Scientology adverts and the battle against the internet |
| cyber.café (Meridian TV) | 12/Sept/1996 | (Studio discussion) | Greg and Racheal Ryerson of OSA Saint Hill meet Martin Poulter. Each side promotes its respective web pages. |
| Computer Consultant | 01/May/1998 | Spam, spam, unlovely spam | A report on Scientology's use of mass-produced "personal" pages to divert web users to their site. |
| Times | 11/Sep/1999 | Weekend Games: WWW | Review of some Scientology-related web sites |
| Guardian | 23/Mar/2000 | The gospel of the web | A summary of Scientology's battle against the Internet |
| Guardian | 01/Mar/2001 | Net News: Spot the difference | Narconon plagiarises the drug advice site Urban75 |
| Wired magazine | 17/Mar/2001 | Xenu Do, But Not on Slashdot | Geek news site Slashdot deletes a reader's comment under pressure from Scentology |
| The Register (online) | 19/May/2001 | Online Scientology critic seeks political asylum | Keith Henson accused of "terrorism" after joking remarks made online about Scientology |
| The Register (online) | 30/May/2001 | Online Scientology critic jailed in Canada | Keith Henson arrested after misleading tip-off |
| The Register (online) | 22/Mar/2002 | Scientologists gag Google | Google temporarily stops listing the top Scientology critics' site |
| BBC News | 25/Apr/2002 | Scientology Church fights Google | Scientology's attempt to remove Xenu.net from the Google index |
| The Register (online) | 08/Sep/2003 | Scientologists loses copyright case | An appeal by Scientology in the case against Karin Spaink is denied |
| The Register (online) | 21/Mar/2005 | Dutch AG upholds decision in Scientology case | Continuing case between journalist Karin Spaink and the cult |
| The Register (online) | 08/Jul/2005 | Scientologists drop copyright case | Karin Spaink's total victory over her right to quote "secret scriptures" |
| The Scotsman | 21/Oct/2005 | Mock Scientology Website threatened | Press Association item about the legal threats against the satirical www.scienTOMogy.info |
| Mirror | 19/Apr/2006 | Mission Implausible | Tom Cruise and the riddle of the 'rigged' internet poll |
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| Sky News (24-hour news channel) returned to the topic of the leaked Tom Cruise video several times over the course of the 16th January, with different guests each time. Some extracts were captured and made it to YouTube, below. | |||
| Sky News | 16/Jan/2008 | [coverage of Tom Cruise video, part 1] | Martin Poulter comments on the leaked video |
| Sky News | 16/Jan/2008 | [coverage of Tom Cruise video, part 2] | |
| Sky News | 16/Jan/2008 | [coverage of Tom Cruise video, part 3] | Ex-scientologist Arnie Lerma is interviewed |
| Sky News | 16/Jan/2008 | Tom Cruise video leak on web: can Scientology delete it? | Media lawyer Mark Stephens explains how Scientology's censorship attempts are counterproductive. |
| Daily Mail | 16/Jan/2008 | Tom Cruise's Scientology rant: 'It's a blast - we can change the world' | |
| BBC News | 16/Jan/2008 | Cruise Scientology video leaked | [web site item: not clear if it was used in broadcasts] |
| More 4 News | 16/Jan/2008 | [Item on Tom Cruise video] | |
| Daily Mirror | 16/Jan/2008 | Tom Cruise's bizarre rant | |
| The Guardian | 17/Jan/2008 | Tom's medal for services to Scientology | Tom Cruise's Freedom Medal of Valor revealed in leaked video |
| Press Association | 17/Jan/2008 | Tom Cruise Scientology video leaked | Published in the Daily Record (Scotland) as "Cruise In Video Scientology Rant" |
| The Independent | 17/Jan/2008 | Scientologists try to block Cruise YouTube rant | |
| Daily Mail | 17/Jan/2008 | As his bizarre Scientology video is revealed - is Tom Cruise out of control? / Profile: Church of Scientology's efforts to block Tom Cruise video rant backfire | |
| Daily Record (Scotland) | 17/Jan/2008 | Bid To Block Cruise Rant Video Fails | |
| Daily Mirror | 19/Jan/2008 | Tom Cruise in 9/11 'lies' web rant | |
| Sky News | 24/Jan/2008 | Anonymous Vs. Scientology: Can we stop the online hackers? | A computer security expert talks about Denial of Service Attacks being used against the Scientology web site |
| The Times | 25/Jan/2008 | Web vigilantes attack Scientology website | The "Anonymous" hacker group declaring war on Scientology |
| The Register | 25/Jan/2008 | Critics split over DDoS attacks on Scientology | Veteran critics of Scientology clash with early Anonymous over tactics |
| The Economist | 31/Jan/2008 | Fair Game: An online onslaught against Scientology | |
| The Guardian | 04/Feb/2008 | Hackers declare war on Scientologists amid claims of heavy-handed Cruise control | A new wave of online and street protests against Scientology |
| The Telegraph | 04/Feb/2008 | Hackers wage web war on Scientologists | |
| Metro | 04/Feb/2008 | Scientology under attack from online hackers | |
| Nouse (York University student newspaper) | 20/Feb/2008 | Anonymous: Inside the war on Scientology | Thorough investigation of Anonymous and its claims |
| Daily Star | 16/Mar/2008 | Stars Face Science Friction | Anonymous is described as a "sinister protest group" |
| The Register | 12/Mar/2008 | Wikileaks exposes Scientology's zeal to 'clean up rotten spots of society' | Billion-dollar contract and other materials are leaked online |
| The Guardian | 19/Mar/2008 | Taking the Rick | Article about the Rick-Rolling phenomenon and its use by Anonymous |
| The Register | 08/Apr/2008 | Scientology threatens Wikileaks with injunction | Lawyers react to Wikileaks hosting of Scientology-related documents |
| BBC Radio 4 | 14/Apr/2008 | PM: Scientology and WikiLeaks | Whistleblower site Wikileaks releases huge volumes of Scientology internal documents |
| Times Online | 18/Apr/2008 | Jason Beghe Scientology video removed from YouTube | Former Scientology spokesman speaks out against the group, but is censored |
| The Register | 24/April/2008 | Anti-Scientology crusader vaporized from YouTube | Mark Bunker's YouTube account cancelled |
| The Register | 14/May/2008 | Google kills Anonymous AdSense account | Scientology was funding the Enturbulation dicussion boards via Google ads until the Church complained |
| The Register | 21/May/2008 | Teen battles City of London cops over anti-Scientology placard | Excellent round-up of the EpicNoseGuy "cult" placard issue |
| The Register | 15/Aug/2008 | Google murders second Anonymous AdSense account | Google shuts down the AdSense account of another anti-Scientology site. |
| The Register | 09/Sep/2008 | Scientology critics fight YouTube takedown notices | Thousands of anti-CoS videos are taken down after complaints |
| New Statesman | 18/Sep/2008 | Time to Take Notice | Becky Hogge of the Open Rights Group explains how the copyright law enables corporations such as the Church of Scientology to censor the internet |
| The Register | 06/Oct/2008 | Anonymous plans zombie Scientology protest | October global protest theme involves zombies |
| The Register | 17/Oct/2008 | US teen admits to 'Anonymous' DDoS attack on Scientology | Dmitriy Guzner pleads guilty to denial-of-service attack on Scientology sites |
| Computer Weekly | 21/Oct/2008 | Cyber attacker faces 10 years in prison for hitting Scientologists | Dmitriy Guzner pleads guilty to denial-of-service attack on Scientology sites |
| The Inquirer | 24/Oct/2008 | Anti Scientology activist off the hook. Sort of | News of the case against Gregg Housh in Boston |
| The Register | 29/May/2009 | Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology | A long Arbitration Committee case ends with the organisation's computers barred from editing the free encyclopedia |
| The Guardian | 29/May/2009 | Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology from editing | |
| Sky News | 30/May/2009 | Wikipedia To Block Edits By Scientologists (Youtube copy of broadcast) | Web site and broadcast item |
| The Telegraph | 30/May/2009 | Church of Scientology members banned from editing Wikipedia | Wikipedia's administrators clamp down on conflict of interest |
| The Guardian | 30/Oct/2009 | The internet has done for Scientology. Could it rumble the Christians, too? | Opinion column by Marina Hyde |