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DMCA and Google delisting

In various incidents documented in such publications as The New York Times, Slashdot and Wired,[21] Scientology has also used the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to force notable Web sites (including the Google search engine)[22] to remove the Operation Clambake homepage, and several leaflets containing copyrighted information, from their indexes.[23][24] Because the Xenu.net site itself is based in Norway, it does not fall under the jurisdiction of the DMCA.[25][15][26]

In March 2002, Google agreed to limit access to material critical of Scientology on www.xenu.net, after it was sued by the Church of Scientology for copyright infringement.[26][27][28] Information the Church of Scientology had objected to included an internal report on the death of Lisa McPherson, and images of L. Ron Hubbard.[29] Google received criticism for its actions, and The Guardian reported that Operation Clambake suspected the Church of Scientology was mainly concerned about secret documents where “L Ron Hubbard is said to describe how an alien galactic ruler called Xenu is the root of all human woe.”[30] After Operation Clambake was delisted by Google, free speech advocates besieged Google, complaining that the company was censoring search results.[31] Prior to Google’s delisting of the Operation Clambake site, CBC News reported that the site was listed fourth in a search for “Scientology.”[32] However after Google’s actions, Xenu.net did not appear in searches for “Scientology”.[33]