It's generally true, but courts can step in if a name poses an unreasonable threat to the child. That usually comes up when some jackhole skinheads name their child "Hitler" or something. The reasoning is that it's setting the child up for wedgies of colossal proportion, so the state has an interest in looking out…

CNN just identified her as a child special advocate.

From the other side of things:

Part of this is due to institutional outcry over the incident that went down. The professor in question had assaulted students, had child porn on his computer, etc. Students and colleagues had both reported him, and the university community as a whole seems to be in agreement that something drastic needed to happen…

Janet Reitman addresses the possibilities, using first-hand accounts, in Inside Scientology as well. Cheaper, shorter read for people just starting to learn about Scientology, and was one of the main sources for Going Clear. I usually recommend it as a starting place.

We have less respect for privacy as time and social media go on?

CNN just ran a segment on how awful Buzzfeed is for showing the photo...then showed the photo, only lightly blurred.

Some of it will be review for you after Going Clear, but it's well-written and has some great personal accounts.

Sorry! Just a delightful Internet icon and international celebrity meant to cleanse the mental palate!

Understood. Sorry for the false alarm. Maru is the polar opposite of the world's darkness, so I like to use him to counterbalance evil.

Physically.

Suddenly the "Look what Maisie did for the first time in the potty!!!" posts seem like welcome relief.

That happened to me with Trayvon Martin. Thanks again for that one, Gawker!

I don't have any puppies, but here, take this:

Thank you for not showing a snippet of the photo in the main article the way that Gawker did earlier today. I will see those knees forever.

I have no idea how some of my siblings are because I am dead to them, but I think the others are physically okay, with the exception of the stupid medical rules they live under. And I try to keep an eye on my nieces and nephews from afar and stay in the loop regarding the sex abuse in their communities. (The…

I grew up in a cult. Pretty immune to this shit at this point; been my daily life for years. But a genuine thanks for your concern!

I grew up in a different cult — left when I hit adulthood, most of my family still in. This echoes my experience almost exactly.

I know first-hand that they photograph everyone who so much as looks in the display windows of their center across from the Kodak.

They were filing lawsuits every day against every single individual IRS agent whose name they could find. After dealing with several thousand lawsuits, not to mention the tailing of their agents, the IRS caved. (Also, the bribery.)