The Internet: Scientology's Worst Enemy

Today, Scientology suffered perhaps its most humiliating defeat since it first began monitoring the internet. Last night, Tory Christman's YouTube account (ToryMagoo44) was suspended for undislosed reasons. YouTube gave no explanation except to say that she had committed a violation of the terms of use. Having seen just about all of Tory's videos, I can personally testify to the fact that there is no more truth to this assertion than there is to any of Scientology's other campaigns to shut down their critics. Tory did nothing in any way obscene, illegal, or hateful and if YouTube suspended her based on any such claims, then they had better suspend several million other accounts as well.

It has not been twenty-four hours since Tory's account was suspended and already, her account is back online. During that time Anonymous members and supporters posted videos anouncing the decision. These videos called for the veiwers to contact YouTube and tell them to cancel Tory's suspension. Aproximately eight hours ago, Tory posted a new video on her re-opened account. The video was dubbed "THANK YOU ANONYMOUS!" and in it, Tory asked any YouTube staff that might be watching the video why she had been suspended in the first place.

In the past, Scientology has been very good at intimidating and influencing buisinesses. It was in this way that they managed to stop a second airing of the South Park episode on Scientology. Reporters and journalists also describe having written stories about the cult and then having their work rejected the instant their lawyers discovered the potential law-suit. Ever since the CoS sued "Times" back in '91 very few commercial organizations of any kind have been eager to resist the will of the cult (to those who still do not believe Scientology is a superpower of the corporate world, I would like to direct your attention to the top-left corner of the screen, where you are quite likely to see a link to the official Scientology video channel). The fact that Anonymous convinced YouTube to reverse their actions before even a single day had passed is monumental to say the least.