US EditionCanada adds 4 new groups to list of terrorist organizations
The listings impose asset freezes, criminalize dealing with group property, and enable immigration actions against violent extremist networks targeting youth, officials said.
- On Dec. 10, 2025, Ottawa added 764, Maniac Murder Cult, Terrorgram Collective and Islamic State‑Mozambique to the Criminal Code list of terrorist entities.
- Public Safety Canada said the networks target young people using social media and online gaming to recruit, while 764 glorifies violence and engages in crimes including sextortion, the ADL says.
- The listings require property in Canada to be frozen and reported to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, prohibit providing financial services that benefit the groups, and allow Immigration and Refugee Protection Act use to deny admission to foreigners.
- Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the groups prey on at-risk people, especially youth, and `they must be stopped`.
- The department said Islamic State‑Mozambique, an armed insurgent group based in Mozambique, seeks to seize territory and is an affiliate of the Islamic State group.
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Canada Adds 4 Entities to Terrorist List, Including Online Group Inciting Youth to Self-Harm
The Canadian government has added four additional organizations to its list of terrorist entities, including the group 764 that is known for encouraging youth to self-harm. Public Safety Canada announced on Dec. 10 that 764, the Maniac Murder Cult (MMC), the Terrorgram Collective, and the Islamic State-Mozambique are now terrorist entities under the Criminal Code. Canada is the first country to list 764, which it describes as a “decentralized tr…
The group 764, Maniac Murder Cult and the Terrorgram network promote Nazism, hate, but also child pornography and sextortion.
Canada today added four international extremist and insurgent groups to its list of foreign terrorist organizations, federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangari announced.
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