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Deux enquêtes ouvertes en France lèvent le voile sur un phénomène très inquiétant venu des Etats-Unis : des espaces numériques dans lesquels de jeunes garçons s’adonnent aux comportements les plus déviants. Dans la torpeur du mois d’août, Théo (le prénom a été modifié), un jeune homme sans histoires de 21 ans qui vivait chez ses parents dans l’anonymat d’un petit bourg normand de 1 600 habitants, s’apprêtait à passer une nouvelle journée planté devant son ordinateur quand les policiers ont frappé à sa porte. Placé en garde à vue, il a été mis en examen et incarcéré, deux jours plus tard, pour des faits particulièrement sordides et rarement vus chez un garçon de cet âge. Voilà plusieurs semaines que le parquet d’Evreux, saisi au début de l’été par un signalement de la direction générale de la sécurité intérieure (DGSI), enquêtait sur ses activités en ligne. En contrat d’apprentissage dans un supermarché de la région, Théo consommait de grandes quantités de vidéos pédopornographiques et de contenus gore en tout genre.

via le monde: Néonazis, pédocriminels, masculinistes et nihilistes : enquête sur ces communautés de jeunes hommes fascinés par le mal et l’ultraviolence

siehe auch: From neo-Nazis to pedophilia: The online world of young men drawn to extreme violence Two investigations launched in France shed light on a disturbing phenomenon originating in the United States: digital spaces where young boys engage in horribly deviant behavior. By Damien Leloup and Soren Seelow Published today at 6:00 pm (Paris) 14 min read Lire en français Subscribers only SEVERIN MILLET In the sluggish heat of August, Théo (whose first name has been changed), a quiet 21-year-old who lived with his parents in the anonymity of a small Normandy town of 1,600 inhabitants, was about to spend another day in front of his computer when the police knocked at his door. Taken into police custody, he was charged and incarcerated two days later for acts that were particularly sordid and rarely seen in someone of his age.

A 42-year-old Texas man is facing federal charges after allegedly threatening to shoot up the Abilene Pride Parade as revenge for the recent assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. “fk their parade, I say we lock and load and pay them back for taking out Charlie Kirk,” Joshua Cole wrote in a September 18 message to a Facebook friend, according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent. “… [C]ome on bro let’s go hunting fairies,” he wrote, the affidavit says. Cole was arrested by the FBI a day later, telling agents that he “did not believe that the gay pride event should be allowed,” while claiming he didn’t actually intend to gun down parade participants, the affidavit states. But “the threats were not conditional,” FBI Special Agent Sam Venuti wrote in the affidavit supporting the case against Cole. “The threats were specific. The threats were also specific to a particular set of victims: people participating in the gay Pride parade.” Cole’s comments “were not mere idle or careless talk, exaggeration, or something said in only a joking manner,” and any “reasonable person would experience apprehension of violence based on Cole’s statements,” according to the affidavit, which was attached to a criminal complaint filed in North Texas federal court on September 19. Cole attended a brief court appearance Thursday and was ordered to remain jailed before trial. The Independent has requested comment from the Department of Justice, the FBI, and Cole’s attorney. Abilene’s fourth annual Pride Parade & Festival took place September 20 and featured vendors, live music, family activities, and drag shows. Extra security was on hand. “Everyone wants to feel recognized and loved and feel like they belong somewhere,” Abilene Pride Alliance board member Nick Ellis told local ABC affiliate KTXS prior to the event, which went off without a hitch. “And you can’t do that without creating those spaces, for people to be able to have those opportunities.” Two days before the parade, Cole replied to a Facebook post in which an acquaintance complained about a “no guns” policy instituted by the organizers. “They don’t want anyone showing up and taking them out like they wanna do everyone else,” Cole replied, according to screenshots of his Facebook comments included in the affidavit. “Maybe we should protest lol.” When another poster wrote a message snidely wishing “those they/thems” a “good parade,” Cole allegedly pounced. “Fk their parade i say we lock and load and pay them back for taking out Charlie Kirk,” Cole replied, according to the affidavit. “[T]heres only like 30 of em we can send a clear message to the rest of them. [C]ome on bro lets go hunting fairies.”

via independent: Texas man accused of threatening to shoot up Pride parade to ‘pay them back for taking out Charlie Kirk’

For months now, Western intelligence and security services have been warning of a worrying trend: random individuals – “freelancers”, “brokers”, “consumer agents” – are being recruited, usually via Telegram, often unknowingly, to carry out various covert, sometimes destructive tasks: surveillance, arson, sabotage, the spread of disinformation. The video began circulating in early August, mainly on Telegram channels known for their Russian nationalism and pro-war views. A video circulating on the Telegram network in August was a montage of ominous images, an attempt to recruit what Western officials called “middlemen” or “disposable agents.” A woman’s voice, amplified by echo, speaks the message as pixelated, sepia-toned images of Russia’s economic crisis in the 1990s transform into imperial and church symbols, and into St. Basil’s Cathedral on Red Square. (…) Police said the men were allegedly recruited by members of the Wagner Group, a semi-disbanded Russian mercenary organization whose operations are now largely controlled by the Ministry of Defense. Behind the “Defend the Homeland” video and the recruitment bot is a GRU-affiliated unit known as the Melody Intelligence Center. The center produced a similar video in 2024 that included the fictional Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings films. New findings by Sistema, the Russian investigative unit of Radio Free Europe (RFE), for the first time link videos and recruitment bots – automated programs within Telegram – directly to the GRU. The man behind both videos is the deputy head of Melodia, who is also a notorious Russian neo-Nazi blogger and mercenary who fought in Ukraine, celebrated Adolf Hitler’s birthday, called for the castration of Ukrainians, and described warfare as a sexual experience. “When a man goes to war, it’s sexual desire,” the man, Yevgeny Raskazov, said in a video interview broadcast in 2021, about six months before Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine. “It’s about as lustful as wanting a woman. When you kill (an enemy), you enjoy the fact that his wife is a widow. You enjoy watching them cry as a family, watching him come home in a coffin. And you get an erection!” From the ashes of the Wagner group In October 2023, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, the second-in-command of the GRU, presented medals to men who fought in the battle to capture the Ukrainian stronghold of Bakhmut.

via vijesti: Russian neo-Nazi in secret recruitment campaign for GRU military intelligence