Editing Tom Cruise (section)

==== YouTube video removal ====
{{main|Project Chanology#Tom Cruise video}}
On January 15, 2008, a video produced by the Church of Scientology featuring an interview with Cruise was posted on YouTube by the [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]]-linked group [[Project Chanology]], showing Cruise discussing what being a Scientologist means to him.<ref name="warne">{{cite news | last =Warne | first =Dan | title ='Anonymous' threatens to 'dismantle' Church of Scientology via internet | work=[[APC Magazine]] | publisher=[[National Nine News]] | date =January 24, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="knbc">{{cite news | title =Hacker Group Declares War On Scientology: Group Upset Over Church's Handling Of Tom Cruise Video | publisher =[[KNBC]] | location =Los Angeles | date =January 24, 2008 | url =http://www.knbc.com/news/15132759/detail.html | access-date =January 25, 2008 | archive-date =August 21, 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080821132355/http://www.knbc.com/news/15132759/detail.html | url-status =live }}</ref> The Church of Scientology said the video had been "pirated and edited", and was taken from a three-hour video produced for members of Scientology.<ref name="knbc" /><ref name="Church of Scientology Slams German Tabloid">{{cite news | title =Report: Church of Scientology Slams German Tabloid for Publishing Comments Comparing Tom Cruise to Nazi Minister | publisher =[[Fox News]] | date =January 23, 2008 | url = https://www.foxnews.com/story/report-church-of-scientology-slams-german-tabloid-for-publishing-comments-comparing-tom-cruise-to-nazi-minister | access-date =January 25, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090605211418/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324885,00.html | archive-date =June 5, 2009 | url-status=live | df =mdy-all }}</ref> YouTube removed the Cruise video from their site under threat of litigation.<ref name="vamosi anonymous hackers">{{cite news | last =Vamosi | first =Robert | title =Anonymous hackers take on the Church of Scientology | work =[[CNET News]] | publisher =CNET Networks, Inc. | date =January 24, 2008 | url =http://www.news.com/8301-10789_3-9857666-57.html | access-date =January 25, 2008 | archive-date =January 27, 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120127212752/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9857666-57.html | url-status =live }}</ref> It was subsequently reinstated on the site, and as of June 2020, the video has achieved over 15 million views.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0 | title= Tom Cruise Scientology Video – (Original UNCUT) | via= YouTube | date= January 17, 2008 | access-date= July 1, 2020 | archive-date= December 29, 2020 | archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/UFBZ_uAbxS0?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0 | url-status= live }}{{cbignore}}</ref>