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Google Censors Scientology Critics "The search engine Google is censoring the Internet's leading critic of the Church of Scientology, Operation Clambake." [Daily Rotten] Church of Scientology Wields the DMCA, Google Removes Xenu.net "The Church of Scientology has abused the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) to get Google to remove a bunch of links. Google caved at once, even though they claim that they do not remove pages." News and reader discussion. [Kuro5hin] 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. [Wired] 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] 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] 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 an anti-Scientology site from search results and directory. [Slashdot] 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] Scientologists Gag Google "Web search outfit Google has caved in to demands from the 'Church' of Scientology demanding that it delete URLs from its database directing Web surfers to certain pages maintained by Xenu.net, a well-known CoS critic." [The Register] FACTNet: Google, Censorship and Scientology? Press release from Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network. Church v. Google, Round 2 Update on the status of xenu.net. The majority of the pages are still censored, though the front page has been relisted. The Church of Scientology's notification of a DMCA violation is spurious since it claims a trademark infringement not a copyright infringement. [Microcontent News] |
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