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Posted on 08/28/2025 4:08:47 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Anti-extremism researchers say they have identified a group claiming responsibility for the hoax active-shooter calls that led to massive police responses and widespread panic at Villanova University and other colleges as students returned to campus last week.
Members of the nonprofit Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) said Wednesday they believe the source of the calls is a group dubbed Purgatory, part of an online threat network called “The Com” that exists at the “intersection of extremism, cybercrime, child abuse, and violence,” according to the nonprofit, which was formed in 2020 by former members of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism another bullsh## activist org
Along with ACORN.
I think that group is the one investigating and researching the hate crimes and where they are coming from.
Ah yes, the filthy scum communist at the Southern Poverty Law Center. As if they are a non-bias organization without an agenda. Suuuuure, Philadelphia Inquirer. /spit
Our granddaughter goes to Auburn University. There was a false threat of violence called in yesterday.
These groups sound like a scene out of the Life of Brian.
“Members of the nonprofit Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE)”
How Soviet does that sound comrade? Who’s funding them?
Total assets -- end of year -- $743,833
Incorporator: Wendy Via
Address: 3066 Zelda Rd #400, Montgomery, AL 36106
The official mail address is a UPS Store.
Source: Global Project Against Hate And Extremism Non-profit Form 990.
"Wendy Via is the Co-founder and CEO at Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. Additionally, Wendy Via has had 1 past job as the Chief Development & Communications Officer at Southern Poverty Law Center."Second to Via is Heidi Beirich [ old bio ]Source: Wendy Via Crunchbase bio.
-- "Heidi Beirich leads the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, which publishes the award-winning Intelligence Report and the Hatewatch blog. She is an expert on various forms of extremism, including the white supremacist, nativist, and neo-Confederate movements as well as racism in academia. She oversees the SPLC’s yearly count of the nation's hate and hard-line anti-government groups, is a frequent contributor to the SPLC’s investigative reports, and is an oft-sought speaker at conferences on extremism. Beirich joined the SPLC staff in 1999 and was previously director of research. "The whole of this article is essentially "product placement" for a small offshoot of the SLPC.Source: Heidi Beirich Aspen Ideas bio.
Well, well. Thanks. A UPS store, good grief.
Since swatting is illegal, a real bit of news would be if any LEO would track down the swatter(s)..... Suppositions and beliefs aren't stuff to stand up in any criminal court case.
Anything coming out of the Southern Poverty Law Canter is guaranteed to be racist, hateful and a lie.
An interesting article about how criminals have monetized swatting and other fake threats.
This article goes into more detail, linking Purgatory to the accelerationist Order of Nine Angles (ON9) 764 network, target of various indictments, such as the Ethan Melzer military ambush:
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https://www.wired.com/story/purgatory-gores-swatting-us-universities/
The group has been linked to 764, a nihilistic subgroup of The Com that conducts targeted campaigns against children using extortion, doxing, swatting, and harassment. Members of 764 have been accused of everything from robbery to sexual abuse of minors, kidnapping, and murder.
Swatting, Shootings, and Sextortion: The FBI Is Warning Parents About ‘The Com’
After a wave of real-world youth violence, the network has drawn the attention of the United States’ federal government.
By Michael Corech
August 21, 2025, 1:01pm
In recent weeks, VICE has reported on the recruitment and radicalization of children as young as 12 by Satanic neo-Nazi accelerationist groups like 764, No Lives Matter, and Milikolosskrieg, which operate within a wider criminal network primarily through encrypted messaging platforms like Signal, Telegram, and Discord. While it might be tempting to dismiss this as little more than disaffected kids venting online, the influence of this network has been directly tied to numerous incidents of real-world violence—leading it to be identified as a threat in a series of public service announcements by the FBI, which refers to it as ‘The Com.’
At the end of last month, Minnesotan 20-year-old Logan Anthony Seitz was arrested for stabbing a woman “around 20 times” in a park. In a criminal complaint obtained by CBS, he told investigators he’d had the urge to randomly kill a person since he was ten years old and went out that day intending to find his victim. But coverage of the case missed a crucial detail: Seitz is a longtime member of SR1, a subgroup of a notorious The Com-adjacent sextortion network known as 764. His attack was not only acknowledged but celebrated on Telegram channels associated with these groups, where he is known by the alias ‘Corrupt.’
It’s not the first time a case like this has been traced back to The Com. Between July and October 2024, at least six unprovoked assaults in Hässelby, Stockholm were filmed and posted on Telegram channels linked to 764. A 14-year-old boy was detained on suspicion of two assaults, and confessed to one—the attempted murder of an 80-year-old man. In April 2025, two individuals linked to 764 were arrested in connection with a bomb plot targeting a Lady Gaga concert in Brazil attended by over 2 million fans.
The threat posed by these groups, which are often influenced or inspired by the Order of Nine Angles (O9A), has now drawn the attention of the United States’ federal government.
On July 23, the FBI issued three PSAs about The Com, highlighting the growing dangers it poses to young people online. According to the briefings, The Com has thousands of members, primarily between 11 and 25 years of age. Most recruits are drawn in through gaming platforms and social media. The Com groups featured in the FBI reports engage in a range of criminal activities, including ransomware attacks, stabbings, sabotage, swatting, extortion, the distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), DDoS attacks, SIM swapping, and cryptocurrency theft, among other things.
The FBI states that the movement has been “employing increasingly complex methods to mask their identities, hide financial transactions, and launder money.” It urges parents to closely monitor their children’s online activity and to be cautious when sharing personal information.
The PSA divides The Com into three main factions: Hacker Com, IRL (In Real Life) Com, and Extortion Com. . .
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