The Cult of 764
Inside the Disturbing Online Network That Uses Child Abuse to Tear Society Apart
In early April, federal agents quietly raided a home in the San Fernando Valley. Inside, they arrested 28-year-old Jose Henry Ayala Casamiro — a man now accused of crimes so disturbing, they stretch beyond the usual boundaries of criminal law into something darker, more ideological, and far more dangerous.
Casamiro’s arrest wasn’t just about child exploitation. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, he was part of a disturbing and previously unknown online network with an innocuous-sounding name: 764. But what this group represents is anything but harmless. It’s a network that uses children, trauma, and cruelty as weapons — not for profit, not for politics, but to break society itself.
📄 Read the official DOJ press release here:
California Resident Charged With Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material as Part of Extremist Network
Who Is Jose Henry Ayala Casamiro?
Federal prosecutors say Casamiro wasn’t just watching illegal content — he was making it happen. He allegedly forced young girls to perform sexual acts and acts of self-harm on camera. One victim carved his name — “Henry” — into her forearm. That wasn’t random. That was part of the control.
Casamiro is also linked to a grooming server on Discord that targeted students from a Colorado public school district. This wasn’t just some twisted private chat — it was a deliberate operation to find and manipulate children, often girls, into cycles of abuse, fear, and submission.
He’s currently in federal custody, awaiting arraignment on April 22, 2025, in Los Angeles.
What Is the 764 Network?
764 isn’t a group in the way we usually think of one. There’s no leader, no headquarters, no official website. Instead, it’s a loosely connected, decentralized online community that thrives in hidden corners of the internet — encrypted chats, anonymous forums, invite-only servers.
What ties 764 members together isn’t money or politics. It’s something much darker: a shared obsession with cruelty, a belief that society deserves to collapse, and that children can be used as tools to make that happen.
This is a network built on dehumanization, sadism, and a kind of ideological void that rejects all meaning, empathy, or morality.
How 764 Operates
Federal investigators and independent researchers have started to piece together how 764 works. The methods are horrifying — and chillingly strategic.
They groom and recruit: Predators pose as peers online — on TikTok, Instagram, Discord — and slowly build trust with minors. What starts as a friendly chat turns into emotional manipulation and abuse.
They control through fear: Victims are coerced into acts of self-harm, degradation, and submission. These acts are recorded. The threat of exposure keeps them silent.
They radicalize: Victims and new recruits are exposed to a worldview that glorifies pain, suicide, and collapse. Over time, cruelty becomes normalized — even sacred.
They spread their abuse: The worst content isn’t just for gratification. It’s used to recruit, to shock, to break down resistance in others — like propaganda for a war against empathy.
Dangerous Similarities to Other Extremist Movements
764 isn’t officially connected to any political party or movement. But its ideology — and the way it spreads — has a lot in common with some of the most dangerous extremist groups out there.
1. Accelerationist Terror Groups
Groups like Atomwaffen Division and Order of Nine Angles believe society should be destroyed through violence and chaos. 764 shares that goal — but instead of bombs, they use children, abuse, and despair as their weapons.
2. Incel and Blackpill Subcultures
These are online communities rooted in hopelessness, misogyny, and self-hatred. 764 echoes their beliefs — especially the idea that life is meaningless, and that only domination and suffering are real.
3. Sadistic Nihilism
At its core, 764 is about hurting others for the sake of it. There’s no political platform. No cause. Just pain. And the belief that nothing matters except the collapse.
The Real Threat: A Digital Cult of Collapse
764 is something we haven’t seen before — a post-political cult that uses the internet not just to organize, but to infect. It’s not about winning elections or influencing policy. It’s about tearing down everything that makes life human — and using children to do it.
Let’s break that down.
1. Beyond Politics
This isn’t the far right. It’s not the far left. It’s something else. 764 members don’t want to fix society — they want to destroy it. They reject morality. They reject meaning. They reject the idea that human life has any value.
2. A Cult Without a Leader
764 acts like a cult — but there’s no guru. No compound. Just rituals of cruelty, performed online:
A child carving a name into their skin isn’t just abuse — it’s initiation.
Sharing that image isn’t just sick — it’s proof of loyalty.
Pushing someone toward suicide isn’t just manipulation — it’s celebrated.
3. A Movement With No Future
Accelerationist groups usually want to replace the world with something — a new order, a new regime. But 764? They want nothing. Just collapse. Just destruction. Just the void.
They don’t hope for a better world. They want no world at all.
4. Weaponizing Despair
This is the scariest part. 764 doesn’t just hurt people. It feeds on hopelessness. It recruits the lost, the depressed, the isolated — and then turns them into victims, or worse, into perpetrators.
In a time when so many young people are already struggling with identity, mental health, and belonging, 764 offers something terrifying: a place to belong — by helping destroy everything.
Other Cases That Show the Pattern
While the Casamiro case is the first to name 764 directly, investigators have seen this pattern before:
The “Horrorgram” Telegram Network (2023)
A massive group on Telegram was shut down by Europol and the FBI. It featured CSAM, fascist propaganda, and suicide content. Several members used numeric handles and language similar to what’s now associated with 764.
The “Knifeletter” Discord Server (2024)
A teenage girl in Ohio ended up in the hospital after carving a username into her arm — a username traced to a Discord server called “764 School.” That server was filled with grooming content, self-harm encouragement, and calls for societal collapse.
The Matthew Felker Case (2022)
A man in Florida used deepfakes to blackmail underage girls. His chat logs were full of nihilist memes and accelerationist ideology. He wasn’t connected to 764 by name — but the tactics and ideology were disturbingly similar.
So What Happens Now?
The federal government is taking this seriously. The FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, the DOJ’s National Security Division, and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section are all involved in the Casamiro case and others like it. But this isn’t something the FBI can fix alone.
We need broader action:
Parents and teachers need to know what to look for — and have permission to ask hard questions.
Tech companies need to take grooming and ideological abuse seriously — and act faster.
Mental health resources must be accessible, trauma-informed, and ready for digital-age threats.
Communities need to talk about this — not just as a crime, but as a cultural and moral emergency.
Final Thought
The 764 network isn’t just a fringe group of predators. It’s something worse. It’s a digital cult that uses children to destroy empathy, hope, and connection. And it’s growing in the shadows of the internet.
We can’t afford to look away. We have to name it. We have to understand how it works. And we have to act — before it spreads further into our schools, our platforms, and our lives.
If you or someone you know is at risk:
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:
https://report.cybertip.org
Call or text 988 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Text HOME to 741741 to reach the Crisis Text Line