If you go on TikTok looking for information about Scientology, you’ll likely encounter a young man named Gunnar Scharf, leading impassioned tours of church buildings and holding holy texts aloft. Scharf has blue eyes, spiky dirty blonde hair, a trim…[Continue Reading...]
In 2022 I received a message from a stranger on LinkedIn. She informed me that she was working on a project close to her heart that explores the experiences of those who are part of diaspora communities and said that…[Continue Reading...]
Global threats are not limited to wars, cyberattacks, or disinformation campaigns. The digital space has also been occupied by less visible—yet no less aggressive—actors whose target is human trust and whose method is manipulation. This is precisely the story of…[Continue Reading...]
Each year, government estimates suggest roughly 200,000 Americans are involved in cults—often in secret and largely by choice. Who are they? And what can we learn from the tragic story of Heaven’s Gate? watch the video https://www.history.com/videos/how-cults-in-the-us-have-evolved-to-attract-new-members[Continue Reading...]
Alem Derege reflects on two unsettling encounters with the secretive religious group Shincheonji, which both The Church of England and Alpha’s Nicky Gumbel have named a ‘cult’. She shares a personal warning about spiritual manipulation, online recruitment tactics and the…[Continue Reading...]
A DOOMSDAY cult behind a deadly chemical attack is recruiting a new generation of followers – with fears of “indiscriminate mass murder”. Aum Shinrikyo released nerve gas on the Tokyo subway in 1995 – in the country’s most catastrophic attack…[Continue Reading...]
A Christian doomsday cult of Chinese exiles is behind a widespread influence operation that made use of AI-generated content to try to evangelize Jewish Israelis online, according to researchers from the Israel Internet Association. The Church of Almighty God, also…[Continue Reading...]
Across Africa, pastors and lay Christians who would love to attend Bible school but can’t afford to do so are being approached—and seemingly befriended—by strangers offering them the chance to do so for free. An aggressive missionary cult called Shincheonji…[Continue Reading...]
It seems that the world is filled with all different types of scams, and you always have to keep your guard up against them. This TikToker was just trying to shop when someone approached her and started talking, and now…[Continue Reading...]
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is warning parents about the dangers of what lurks online. The warning comes after the sheriff said an “online cult” led deputies to arrest a 13-year-old boy last Friday. The…[Continue Reading...]
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