"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Google Pulls Anti-Scientology Links
Last week I recommended that you read Against Intellectual Monopoly. In it, the authors reference several examples of copyright legislation used as censorship. One of the most modern versions involves the Church of Scientology threatening Google over the church's critics showing up on the search engine. Though the article is from 2002, it's a pretty interesting narrative to tell.
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