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Inside the horrifying online network where children coerce others to commit violence and self-harm (www.theguardian.com)

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An Australian teenager and her mother have become instrumental in the investigation of this network.

“A worrying trend is how victims are becoming perpetrators to try to escape their online bullies who have befriended and groomed them, and then forced them to hurt themselves.”

“A lot of times kids come forward and maybe [the police] don’t recognise the signs that it’s the 764 network, and so they don’t pursue it as aggressively as they should,” she says.

Spinks says there needs to be greater awareness for parents too. The Australian federal police cite warning signs including indications of self-harm, sudden withdrawal from family and friends and secretive behaviour about online interactions.

“One of the biggest, most dangerous misunderstandings is that this won’t happen to us, or this only happens to a certain type of kid, when in reality, it could honestly happen to anyone.”

Support is available at Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, Lifeline on 13 11 14, and at MensLine on 1300 789 978.

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I have noticed a few men in the area where I live using nazi and satanist symbols on their clothes, phones etc.

That's terrible to hear. There are different cases where basic satanic and Nazi symbolism are used thoughtlessly to be edgy, like drawing a penis graffiti or unserious Satanism as a crude protest against Christianity (e.g. Satanic Temple), but Nazism on clothes and phones is a serious issue. I'm lucky enough to have never seen that crap in person, just some low-grade stickering by an NSN geek (only someone in the know would recognise it) and some old run-down idiot I saw once with a tattoo. I hope it's not being normalised in your area.

As to claiming pedophilia is a left-wing problem [snip]

Yeah, there's layers to this rot.

I can point to multiple cases of those shouting "queer pedos!" getting busted for CSAM. Charles Sutherland, for example, or James C. Burford (head of a branch of the American Nazi Party in Chicago).

Then one can trace back the history of "the Epstein class" a long way through US history, this isn't a new phenomenon. [edit: at around 21:46, they start talking about post-slavery era]

And there's this summary infographic of neo-nazi leaders being convicted of such offenses. (CW - swasi)