The Rudnev Case and the Fragility of Journalistic Standards
Massimo Introvigne examines how major outlets answered requests to correct their Konstantin Rudnev coverage: some removed or edited their articles, others stayed silent.
28 September 2026
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OneTaste: A Warning in Geneva Against the Misuse of Trafficking Laws
At the UN Human Rights Council, CAP-LC warned that the OneTaste convictions of Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz, resting on psychological influence alone, stretch trafficking law into a threat to spiritual communities.
25 September 2026
Cults, Moral Panic, and the Press: How to Construct a Perfect Enemy
Argentine journalist Alejandro Agostinelli revisits his own 1991 anti-cult article and the Valentina de Andrade affair to show how the press manufactures a moral panic, and how the Konstantin Rudnev case repeats the pattern.
19 September 2026
Now They Come for Jesus: Anti-Cultist Admits She Aims to Destroy Christianity
Massimo Introvigne reviews Be Scofield’s “The Savior Complex,” which brands Jesus a “cult leader,” and argues that anti-cult models of coercive control and trafficking ultimately target mainline Christianity, not only new religious movements.
16 July 2026
Global Anti-Cultism and the Return of “Brainwashing” Theories
Massimo Introvigne traces three pathways (expanded coercive-control laws, the judicialization of “spiritual abuse,” and reinterpreted trafficking statutes) through which discredited brainwashing theories are re-entering courts and legislation worldwide.
6 July 2026
Interview with Massimo Introvigne: Full Transcript
Full transcript of the CICNS interview with sociologist Massimo Introvigne on the history of brainwashing theory, MK-ULTRA, deprogramming, and anti-cult laws.
1 November 2006