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Scientology's New YouTube Channel Praises Openness, Blocks Comments

by Tim Stevens on May 1, 2008 at 10:33 AM

The Church of Scientology doesn't have many friends online. It's constantly attacked by hackers, mocked for its silly videos, and has had its secret documents published for all to see. But now it appears to be changing its approach to the Internet. Embracing the Web, The Church is spreading the word by posting its own videos on a custom YouTube channel.

The channel, which features softly lit images and an introductory video with gentle music, hosts a string of videos that explain the religion. After a first watch, we got a vague impression of Scientology's core beliefs and anti-drug stance, but found it curious that they left out many of the religion's more curious details. However, the group has chosen to prevent embedding of the vast majority of the videos, with only its public service announcements (like the one above) open for inclusion in blogs and MySpace pages. Posting of comments on these videos has also been disabled, which might be a good move given the kind of response Wal-Mart got to its own Facebook page. [Source: Wired]

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