Since its inception in 1954, Scientology has been a popular subject of many legal disputes and media scrutiny for its covert ops, mythical rituals and its strong affiliation with Hollywood celebrities like Tom Cruise.

Enrique Peña Nieto's victory in Mexico's presidential election yesterday has led to an uproar on Twitter from the members of #YoSoy132 movement, spreading accusations of election fraud through the hashtag #fraude2012.

A video showing bus monitor Karen Klein being verbally harassed by several middle school students caused generous Internet users to raise over $260,000 in donations for the Greece, New York resident.

Even after it was revealed last week that Shell's "Epic PR FAIL" video was an elaborate hoax staged by anti-corporate and environmental activists, the story continues to resonate in the blogosphere with varying opinions.

The findings in Google's recently updated transparency report were referred to as "troubling" by the company's senior policy analyst Dorothy Chou, who noted a marked increase in requests from various governments to remove political speech from the site.