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Scientology hates the Internet because it's full of "copyright terrorists" — Helena Kobrin's ridiculous phrase.

Scientology hates the Internet because Wikipedia has developed into a giant glowing mass of entheta, with content that is highly ranked in search engines and mirrored at several other sites.

Scientology hates the Internet because Xenu lives there.

Scientology hates the Internet because critic sites like Xenu.net receive equal prominence with the cult's own web sites, thanks to Google.

Scientology hates the Internet because ex-members it thought had been "shuddered into silence" are finding their voices again. They've seen a lot of the cult's dirty laundry, and they're no longer afraid to talk about it.

Scientology hates the Internet because my E-Meter page is more highly ranked in Google than their E-meter page.

Scientology hates the Internet because it will never forget Lisa McPherson.

Scientology hates the Internet because, among an entire generation of young people, anyone with enough brains to use a web browser quickly learns the truth about L. Ron Hubbard.

Scientology hates the Internet because every book, magazine article, or television program critical of Scientology has been resurrected and made available worldwide, for free.

Scientology hates the Internet because kids on YouTube and YTMND make fun of them without fear of retribution.

Scientology hates the Internet because it's destroying their membership stats.

Scientology hates the Internet because their front groups like Applied Scholastics and Narconon are exposed and thoroughly debunked there.

Scientology hates the Internet because they can't control it.

— Dave Touretzky: fearless NOTs scholar extraordinaire.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets