After a period of relative silence, Anonymous releases a new Anti-Scientology video to YouTube. The message brings nothing new to the public. Seems like a "we are still here" sort of thing.
From the speech, which was given, as usual, in a distorted voice: "You may have heard of us, or you may have not. We are a collective of people who gather on the internet and wage an on-going campaign against the Church of Scientology. We do not question its beliefs, but its methods that we deem both destructive and criminal".
Anonymous also invites more people to join the cause: "Become who we are and join our cause, fight against the Church of Scientology by educating yourself about it so you may educate others".
The end of the clip shows some flashes of news updates, where Anonymous was mentioned.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
New Aonymous Video against Scientology
Monday, March 31, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Judge Denies Scientology's Request for an Injunction against Anonymous Demonstrations
Another small win for Anonymous: Scientology can't have a court order restraining Anonymous protesters this weekend: "This court is mindful of the anxiety that may be caused by anonymous threats of violence, or as a series of seemingly unconnected incidents, be they on the Internet or otherwise. However, the jurisdiction of the court must only be exercised to specifically restrain those known individuals that are shown to have some reasonable nexus to the actual threats complained of in the petition."
The Church of Scientology tried to prevent Anonymous from protesting on the birthday of the Church's leader, the late Ron L. Hubbard. The lawsuit alleged that Scientology churches around the world have been bombarded with harassing phone calls, obscene e-mails, bomb threats and death threats by members of Anonymous.
Anonymous condemned acts or threats of violence that may have occurred and said they were not the work of Anonymous. They urged demonstrators this weekend to protest peacefully and legally.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Anonymous Announces Anonycon
Anonymous keep to their word. They promised another move against Scientology around the middle of March, and here it comes.
Anonymous announces Anonycon - a happening, gathering or what ever you want to call it, against Scientology.
The event will take place in Washington DC, on March 22nd. If Anonymous can gather the same amount of demonstrators as last time, I think it would be called a success.
>> Read more about the battle between Anonymous and Scientology
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Can this be True? Can Scientology delete Auctions from eBay's Database?
A post in "Reality Based Community" claims that the church of Scientology abuses eBay's VeRO program and deletes auctions it doesn't approve of.
According to the post, "The mechanism that permits the Church of Scientology (and others) such broad access and discretion is called the Verified Rights Owner ("VeRO") Program. Membership in VeRO is obtained simply by submitting a form to eBay explaining that you are an Intellectual Property rights holder".
If this is true, this is really outrageous. According to Slashdot, this isn't new. Scientology abuse of eBay has began as early as the year 2000: "eBay has been yanking auctions of e-meters because of complaints by the CoS".
According to Wikipedia, an E-meter is a device that uses a Wheatstone bridge to measure electrical resistance, manufactured by the Church of Scientology at their Golden Era Productions facility.
If these claims are true, this is truly outrageous. Lately, there have also been claims that Scientology receives illegal tax breaks and that Philips and Dell have troubling links with the cult.
Add to this the story about Shawn Londsdale, an outspoken Scientology critic, that was found dead in his house, in what seems to be a suicide, and you get a pretty creepy picture.
In the mean time, Anonymous promises the protests will continue. The latest message speaks of the "Ides of March":
Monday, February 18, 2008
The Battle Against Scientology Reaches Japan
What started with some DDoS attacks and a creepy video on YouTube - continues to spread around the globe. A week after worldwide protests against Scientology, Anonymous moves on to Japan. It starts with a creepy video, as well. We'll see how it ends:
Monday, February 11, 2008
Anonymous Protests Around the World - A Summary
Anonymous, the Anti-Scientology group, was true to its word. Protests and demonstrations against Scientology were held all over the world, in Australia, London, Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans, Vancouver, Brisbane and much more.
Estimates say that around 9,000 people demonstrated against Scientology - worldwide. After all the noise, that's not a very impressive number.
Reports from the protests came online rather quick. First it was pictures and videos from Sydney, Australia. Then came live coverage from London. After that, reports from the USA.
Videos appeared on YouTube, depicting the Anonymous protesters carrying signs and wearing masks. There some reports of violence, but it appears that they were all false. The protesters were peaceful and many of them carried cameras to record the event.
According to Wikinews, London was apparently the place in which the demonstration was the largest - around 500 people.
Interesting pictures from the Anonymous "raids" appeared on Flickr, as well. A search of the word "Anonymous" yields a huge amount of photos from the protests.
Here is a slide-show from the protests in Manchester:
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Live Coverage of Anonymous Demonstrations in London
Continuing my coverage of the anti-Scientology protests, here is another link you might find interesting - live video coverage of Anonymous' demonstrations in London.
Seems like the site updates about once an hour.
There are some clips from the protests in YouTube, as well.
Stay tuned for more updates!
First Videos from Anti-Scientology Protests Hit YouTube
Here we go - the action is starting. February 10th has finally come. Anonymous demonstrations against the cult of Scientology began in Australia, and the reports, pictures and videos started coming in.
Here are three of the freshest videos. Stay tuned for more, I'll be monitoring this story closely.
First Pictures from the Anti-Scientology Demonstrations
The Anonymous protests against Scientology have began. Today, February 10th, is supposed to be a great day for the underground organization. A global protest against the church of Scientology is supposed to break out.
It started in Australia (click here for the pictures) - about 150 people gathered at the Church of Scientology building in the Sydney CBD this morning, most of them carrying picket signs and wearing costumes or masks. The demonstrators handed out flyers accusing the church of financially exploiting its followers and suppressing criticism.
The Church of Scientology's Oceania branch spoke against the actions of Anonymous, described the group as "cyber-terrorists" and accused them of hate crimes.
You can find more details about the protests in Australia in this blog, called Anonaustralia.
Related links
>> Anonymous VS Scientology
>> Anonymous VS Scientology: A Call for Action in Boston
>> Everything tagged "Scientology" in my blog
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Anonymous Expects 300,000 Protesters to Join Demonstrations against Scientology
NBC11 reports that Anonymous, the hackers organization that waged war on Scientology, expects some 300,000 people to show up for the protests scheduled for February 10th.
An Anonymous woman told NBC11: "We are having members of Anonymous from all over the world join the protest at their local church of Scientology at 11 AM local time". She also added that "Everyone in the world is invited".
Anonymous is trying very hard to look more serious to the public eye, and shake away the image that they are a group of "hacking kids".
Anonymous successes thus far include a DoS attack on Scientology internet sites, and a campaign of Google bombing that made the Church of Scientology the first hit whenever anyone enters the search string "dangerous cult". Are they going to have the same success in the "real world"?
Anonymous is planning another large protest - two days after church founder L. Ron Hubbard's birthday - on March 15th.
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