The Canadian government has added four additional organizations to its list of terrorist entities, including the group 764 that is known for encouraging youth to self-harm.
Public Safety Canada announced on Dec. 10 that 764, the Maniac Murder Cult (MMC), the Terrorgram Collective, and the Islamic State-Mozambique are now terrorist entities under the Criminal Code. Canada is the first country to list 764, which it describes as a “decentralized transnational network of online nihilistic violent extremists,” as a terrorist group.
Public Safety Canada said 764 members have the goal of destroying civilized society through violence and chaos, and use social media and gaming platforms to groom and extort youth into committing violent and sexual acts. Members of 764 view sexual, psychological, and physical violence as entertainment, and have disseminated instructional materials on how to carry out such activities while avoiding detection….