Project Chanology was a protest movement against the practices of the Church of Scientology by members of Anonymous, a leaderless Internet-based group.
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10 Facts About Project Chanology
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Project Chanology was publicly launched in the form of a video posted to YouTube, "Message to Scientology", on January 21,2008.
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Detractors of Scientology have criticized the actions of Project Chanology, asserting that they merely provide the Church of Scientology with the opportunity to "play the religious persecution card".
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Project Chanology was formulated by users of the English-speaking imageboards 711chan.
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Project Chanology began its campaign by organizing and delivering a series of denial-of-service attacks against Scientology websites and flooding Scientology centers with prank calls and black faxes.
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The group allegedly attempted to gain personal information on people involved in Project Chanology to turn that information over to the Church of Scientology.
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Project Chanology said that the police told him he had 15 minutes to take down the sign.
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Project Chanology participants shared the limelight with a person in a bunny suit protesting against the hero worship of Claus von Stauffenberg.
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Project Chanology then proceeded to toss books around and smear the mixture on objects in the building.
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The day after the Church of Scientology complained to law enforcement about the DDoS attacks, one of the main Project Chanology sites was down, and a message on the site said that their site crashed due to attacks from Scientologists.
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