Editing Scientology and the Internet (section)

== WikiLeaks ==
In March 2008, [[WikiLeaks]] published a 612-page Scientology manual on the eight [[Operating Thetan]] levels, considered secret by the Church of Scientology.<ref name=Fox>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/watchdog-web-site-draws-legal-threats-from-scientologists-mormons |publisher=Fox News |title=Watchdog Web Site Draws Legal Threats from Scientologists, Mormons |date=2008-06-19}}</ref> Three weeks later, Wikileaks received a [[threat|warning]] from the Church of Scientology that the manual was copyrighted and that its publication infringed [[Anti-copyright|intellectual-property rights]].<ref name=Fox /> WikiLeaks refused to remove the material, and its operator released a statement saying that Scientology was a "[[cult]]" that "aids and abets a general climate of Western media [[self-censorship]]."<ref name=Fox /> A Church of Scientology International spokeswoman, writing to FOXNews.com, said: "I can only assume that religious bigotry and prejudice is driving their activity, as there is no altruistic value in posting our copyrighted scriptures, despite WikiLeaks' statements to the contrary. Posting entire books and hundreds of pages of published works is not 'Sunshine Policy' but wholesale copyright infringement."<ref name=Fox /> [[Julian Assange]] replied: "We thought it was a small issue, and our normal fare is government corruption and military secrets, so it seemed that this nutty religious organization was pretty inconsequential in terms of what we normally do. But after receiving these legal threats from them ... it was time for us to make a stand."<ref name=Fox />