- The FBI says it has seen a dramatic 490 percent increase in Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE) arrests during the past fiscal year. These arrests are mostly associated with 764, an online network that preys on young children.
- The United States Attorney’s Office for Maryland explained that the 764 network “uses known online social media communications platforms as mediums to support the possession, production, and sharing of extreme gore media and child sex abuse material with vulnerable, juvenile populations. These individuals often conduct coordinated extortions of teenagers, blackmailing the victims to comply with the group’s demands.”
- NVE is a law enforcement term describing individuals who are motivated to violence, mainly out of a hatred for society and a desire to see society collapse. The FBI views 764 cases as a subset of the Nihilistic Violent Extremism category. Read More