Europol shuts down thousands of websites linked to global nihilist network

Nihilism and misanthropy are weird terms to use here.

Good they took the network down but these are telling misnomers.

Are these the Nazis, Walter?

No Donny, these men are nihilists. It’s nothing to be afraid of.

Are these men gonna hurt us, Walter?

No Donny, these men are cowards.

From the original report:

Within The Com, so-called blood walls and cut-signs are promoted and sometimes required as entry criteria for certain groups. Blood walls are inscriptions or paintings made with blood that display the extorter’s online alias and group affiliation … Cut-signs involve individuals carving the extorter’s name into their own bodies, with images or videos of these acts later shared to enhance the extorter’s and their group’s status within The Com …

The Com produces manuals or guides covering topics such as grooming, murder, improvised explosives, or ideological viewpoints. These manuals are created by groups to instruct members on methods for committing violent attacks, grooming and (s)extorting vulnerable minors, or conducting doxing and swatting.

Doxing involves uncovering and exposing an individual’s personal data to extort or harass them. Personal information, such as a home address, may be used to carry out “swatting”. This is a tactic where the extorter contacts law enforcement with a hoax emergency call or threat, falsely claiming a violent crime is about to occur at the victim’s address. This prompts an emergency response, often endangering the individual and their family. The procedure is used to intimidate victims and may cause physical or psychological harm …

Good they took that down.

Some of the comments in this thread are extraordinarily weird. Calling this some thing like ‘censorship by the executive branch’ is out of touch imo.

The groups recruit members through social media platforms and online gaming communities before encouraging them to commit acts including animal torture, violent assaults, self-harm and the production of child sexual abuse material.

Wish these same writers would also highlight how boardrooms and private yachts are the regular place for these conversations and it’s called “government policy”.

I don’t think that word means what you think it means

Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter?

Walter: No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There’s nothing to be afraid of.

This is normalizing censorship by the executive branch instead of having judical oversight where the police has to proof that something is violating laws.

It’s only a matter of time until lemmy will be banned.

It seems the “Epstein class” is publicly taking out any potential rivals.