 The project was publicly launched in the form of a video posted to YouTube , " Message to Scientology " , on January 21 , 2008 . The video states that Anonymous views Scientology 's actions as Internet censorship , and asserts the group 's intent to " expel the church from the Internet " . This was followed by distributed denial @-@ of @-@ service attacks ( DDoS ) , and soon after , black faxes , prank calls , and other measures intended to disrupt the Church of Scientology 's operations . In February 2008 , the focus of the protest shifted to legal methods , including nonviolent protests and an attempt to get the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Church of Scientology 's tax exempt status in the United States . 
 The project was publicly launched in the form of a video posted to YouTube , " Message to Scientology " , on January 21 , 2008 . The video <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>states</mark></a> that Anonymous <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>views</mark></a> Scientology <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>actions as Internet censorship , and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>asserts</mark></a> the group <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>intent to " expel the church from the Internet " . This was followed by distributed denial @-@ of @-@ service attacks ( DDoS ) , and soon after , black faxes , prank calls , and other measures intended to disrupt the Church of Scientology <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>operations . In February 2008 , the focus of the protest shifted to legal methods , including nonviolent protests and an attempt to get the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Church of Scientology <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>tax exempt status in the United States . 
Da project was publicly launched in the form of a video posted to YouTube , " Message to Scientology " , on January 21 , 2008 . The video state dat Anonymous view Scientology  actions as Internet censorship , and assert tdagroup  intent to " expel thdahurch from the Internet " . This was followed by distributed denial @-@ of @-@ service attacks ( DDoS ) , and soon after , black faxes , prank calls , and other measures intended to disrupt the Church of Scientology  operations . In February 2008 , thedacus of the protest shifted to legal methods , including nonviolent protests and an attempt to get the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Church of Scientology  tax exempt status in the United States .