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Scientologists force closure of ISP's Internet connection

Title: Scientologists force closure of ISP's Internet connection
Date: Friday, 22 March 2002
Publisher: ZDNet
Author: Matt Loney
Main source: news.zdnet.co.uk

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The apparent campaign by the Church of Scientology to stamp out criticism on the Internet resulted in the ISP that hosts a Web site targeted by the Church for its critical standpoint having its upstream connection cut off. Netherlands-based ISP Xtended Internet said its connection to the Internet was terminated by its provider after threats of legal action from the Church. Paul Wouters, managing director of Xtended Internet, said he believed this was the first time an ISP had suffered such ... [Read the rest at news.zdnet.co.uk]