
9-14-95. NYPaper. "Use of Computer Network For Child Sex Sets Off Raids." The Justice Department today announced a dozen arrests in a two year investigation into the use of America Online, the country's largest computer network, to distribute child pornography and to lure minors into sex. The culmination of the inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation comes at a time when the agency has needed some favorable attention to offset a string of incidents that have cast it in a negative light. "Scientologists Lose a Battle on the Internet." Upholding free speech on the Internet, a Federal judge has ordered the Church of Scientology to return computers and files seized here last month from two men who used a computer bulletin board to disseminate information critical of the church. The equipment belongs to Factnet, an anti-Scientology bulletin board run by two Boulder men, Lawrence Wollersheim and Robert Penny. 2x: WAS_tem (16 kb)