Religion and Spirituality: Opposing Views: Scientology: News and Media: Page 4

Plus a little bit of radio and TV. Part of Ron Newman's "The Church of Scientology vs. the Net".

Article based on several interviews with Jesse Prince, former Inspector General of Scientology's Religious Technology Center, who says that when he tried to escape, he was kidnapped and forcibly detained. [Battle Creek Enquirer]

Profile of Jeff Jacobsen, a critic of Scientology. [Phoenix New Times]

The transit agency is examining its policies after anti-Scientology ads were posted on county buses in December, sparking a legal debate. [St. Petersburg Times]

The transit authority limits ads to "commercial transactions" after anti-Scientology messages draw church protest. [St. Petersburg Times]

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against the Church of Scientology. The ASA ruled that Scientology had not proven its claim to have rescued hundreds of thousands of drug addicts. [Telegraph]

The self-styled addiction "experts" at Scientology front group Narconon stole graphics, navigation, stylesheets, layout, code, everything, from a popular rave web site. . . and added a rat-on-your-friends form. [The Register]

The National Mental Health Association accuses the Church of Scientology of attempting to recruit members under the guise of providing mental health counseling after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. [Associated Press]

The Church of Scientology has completed the latest in a series of land purchases that will help clear the way for its downtown expansion project. [St. Petersburg Times]

The Church of Scientology alleged that an anonymous comment violated their copyright. Under the terms of the DMCA, Slashdot was forced to remove the offending post--but listed links to many anti-Scientology sites. Readers responded with more than 1500 comments. [Slashdot]