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Youtube pulls Anonymous Message to Church of Scientology

youtube.com — Nearly 2.5 Million Views and one huge worldwide protest later, Youtube has taken down the original Anonymous Message to Scientology citing "terms of use violations" We at Digg don't like censorship. Let's let Google and Youtube know how we feel.

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  • hunter2458, on 02/15/2008, -1/+48Where and How do we complain?
  • Paperclip1, on 02/15/2008, -1/+45FailTube.
  • Gryfft, on 02/15/2008, -1/+34No. *****. Way.
  • LegionAnonymous, on 02/15/2008, -0/+32ATTENTION: FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS NOW REMOVED DUE TO COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS BY THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY.
  • Glugory, on 02/15/2008, -0/+29HOW HAS THIS STORY NOT MADE IT TO THE FRONT PAGE!? It's not even on the upcoming page anymore. What the *****!?
  • InsanePacoTaco, on 02/15/2008, -2/+31We are Anonymous.
    We will not forget your sacrifices.
    We will not forgive the Church of Scientology.
    United as One, Divided by Zero.
  • glutamate, on 02/15/2008, -2/+30What the *****. YouTube and Google are now officially the bitches of the CoS.
  • RevToTheRedline, on 02/15/2008, -0/+27We cannot be stopped.
  • SaladCactusKing, on 02/15/2008, -0/+24We will fight by digging this to the front page and keeping it there for as long as humanly possible. We will fight by sending emails to Google/Youtube executives everywhere. We will fight by working harder to make March 15 ten times the size of February 10. We will succeed. It's too late to censor us now.
  • hunter2458, on 02/15/2008, -1/+24Where do we Complain?
  • xMedic, on 02/15/2008, -1/+23why not
    "...due to copyright claim by Church of Scientology"??? >__>
  • l33tspam, on 02/15/2008, -2/+23ARE YOU KIDDING ME? COME ON YOUTUBE.
  • fireflymantis, on 02/15/2008, -1/+21HOW THE ***** DO WE COMPLAIN. GIVE US EMAILS, PHONE NUMBERS, and also, a moist slice of cake.
    http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/request. ...
  • whomisit, on 02/15/2008, -0/+20[This comment has been deleted due to copyright claims by the Church of Scientology International]

    [This video has been deleted due to pissing off the Church of Scientology International]
  • AndreusWolf, on 02/15/2008, -1/+20Utterly dispicable. YouTube should be absolutely ashamed of such blatant censorship.
  • Dungaarth, on 02/15/2008, -2/+19What the *****.
  • twerk, on 02/15/2008, -1/+18General population doesn't care about anything until it affects them.
  • darnit, on 02/15/2008, -0/+17Im curious too.... 530 diggs so far and nothing. hrmmm....
  • andy6387, on 02/15/2008, -1/+17i will not stand for this!
  • Painriche, on 02/15/2008, -1/+17Youtube is a cowardly company.
  • Ivthypain, on 02/15/2008, -0/+15Might as well complain to Digg too because they just buried this/
  • slowdowns, on 02/15/2008, -1/+15***** youtube.
  • andy6387, on 02/15/2008, -2/+16*ATTENTION*

    Use the following link to complain to YouTube:

    http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/request. ...
  • TomTruelle, on 02/15/2008, -0/+14Digg and favorite this video. 194 diggs and still in upcoming makes no sense whatsoever.
  • FreePlayPSP, on 02/15/2008, -0/+13REHOSTED:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCVTqgYLF4Q
  • fullphaser, on 02/15/2008, -0/+13500+ diggs, there better be a real good reason this is not front page.
  • daEvan, on 02/15/2008, -2/+14Youtube is just ***** scared.
  • Jehm, on 02/15/2008, -1/+13No sir, I don't like it.
  • atomicpoet, on 02/15/2008, -1/+13Youtube needs a user backlash a la what happened to Digg on June '07.
  • nathanstarr, on 02/15/2008, -2/+14This is obviously Co$'s doing. When will they learn that pissing off the Internet is generally a bad idea?
  • AsianDDRManiac, on 02/15/2008, -1/+13WHY ISN'T THIS ON THE FRONT OF DIGG BY NOW?!
  • segiterrus, on 02/15/2008, -4/+16[This comment has been deleted due to copyright claims by the Church of Scientology International]
  • jooje, on 02/15/2008, -0/+12On the streets, March 15, 11:00 AM
    Your local church of scientology
  • andy6387, on 02/15/2008, -2/+14What's funny is the cult is probably calling this a huge victory, but all it is going to do is bite them in the ass with more pissed off internet users. I can't wait to see how this unfolds
  • Ivthypain, on 02/15/2008, -2/+14In other news ..Digg has failed.
  • Jhoge, on 02/15/2008, -1/+12I'm wondering what part of the TOS we violated. Should be a fun press release to read.
  • hellsing321, on 02/15/2008, -0/+11This will not stand!
  • impotence, on 02/15/2008, -2/+13problem is the general population of youtube does not care about censorship until it affects them
  • brbCSIS, on 02/15/2008, -0/+11How does youtube think that censorship will make us go away?
  • awok, on 02/15/2008, -2/+13This really ***** pisses me off.
    Just another god damn ***** example of scientology's ability to quell any voice that doesn't wax with theirs.
    As a seasoned anon who's seen action on 10/02 (02/10 for amerifags) I am reminded of the wise words of a masked anon on feb 10th who said what needed to be said regarding scientologies extreme Fair Game policies (see The Road to February 10th: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qWkNS8dXdbM ).

    Despite this we are Anon, and this is just another retort in a line of inconsequential scientology tactics.

    We own the internets, not them.
  • QuickeningYak, on 02/15/2008, -1/+12For how long did it not violate their terms of use? What's the rationale?
  • NecroAnon, on 02/15/2008, -3/+13Madness.
  • inactive, on 02/15/2008, -0/+10EVERYONE FILE DCMA COUNTER-NOTICES
    http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.p ...
  • unusualbob, on 02/15/2008, -0/+10305 diggs and not on the upcoming page....wtf
  • jingwei, on 02/15/2008, -2/+11WTF guys. wtf.
  • darnit, on 02/15/2008, -1/+10Why the ***** is this not on the front page?
  • darnit, on 02/15/2008, -1/+10download it here
    http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=a19IOlc7 ...

    Add .flv to the end

    Upload to youtube.
  • muninsfire, on 02/15/2008, -2/+11While not Anonymous myself, I support their fight against the so-called Church of Scientology.

    If Youtube wishes to censor Anonymous and kowtow to the scientologists, then I will boycott youtube.
  • DatumPirate, on 02/15/2008, -4/+12lolwut? Do we digg or bury I'm confused...
  • inactive, on 02/15/2008, -0/+8I think Youtube doing this is just going to unleash a *****. Good job, Youtube. They've just upset a whole lot of people on the Internet in one fell swoop.
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