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{{About|purported harassment and torture with exotic covert ]|the harming or harassing via ] networks|Cyberbullying|and|Cyberstalking}}
'''Electronic harassment''', or '''psychotronic torture''',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_5.html |page=5|title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref> or '''electromagnetic torture'''<ref name=nyt20081112>{{cite news | title=Sharing Their Demons on the Web | last = Kershaw | first=Sarah | newspaper=] | date = November 12, 2008 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html?pagewanted=all}}</ref> is a ], usually a delusional belief in harassment via electronic "mind control". Psychologists have identified evidence of ]s, ]s<ref name="PsychologyToday">{{cite web|last1=Aboujaoude|first1=Elias|title=Psychotic Websites. Does the Internet encourage psychotic thinking?|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/compulsive-acts/200907/psychotic-websites|website=Psychology Today|publisher=Sussex Publishers, LLC, HealthProfs.com|accessdate=19 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Dietrich">{{cite web|last1=Dietrich|first1=Elizabeth E|title=Gang stalking : internet connectivity as an emerging mental health concern|url=https://dspace.smith.edu/handle/11020/24644|website=Smith College Libraries|publisher=Smith College School for Social Work Theses 2007|accessdate=15 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=kmir20150212>{{citation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150829083519/http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kmir6/news/179055911.html |url=http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kmir6/news/179055911.html |title=Electronic Harassment: Voices in My Mind |last=Monroe|first=Angela |date=13 November 2012 |archive-date=2015-12-02|access-date=2016-03-10|dead-url=yes}}</ref> or other mental illnesses in online communities supporting those who claim to be targeted (and call themselves "Targeted Individuals", or "TI"s).
<ref name="Aldax">{{cite web|last1=Aldax|first1=Mike|title=Space weapons resolution ’embarrassed’ city and negatively impacted mentally ill, vice mayor says|url=http://richmondstandard.com/2015/06/space-weapons-resolution-embarrassed-city-and-negatively-impacted-mentally-ill-vice-mayor-says/|website=Richmond Standard|publisher=Chevron Richmond|accessdate=15 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=WaPo20070114>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399.html |title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref> Individuals suffering from auditory hallucinations, delusional disorders<ref name=kmir20150212/> or other mental illness have claimed that government agents make use of electric fields, microwaves (such as the ]) and radar to ], referring to technology that they say can achieve this as "voice to skull" or "V2K" after an obsolete military designation.<ref name=WaPo20070114 />

Electronic harassment is a component of a broader "]" conspiracy theory.

==Pandora Project and other research== ==Pandora Project and other research==
According to declassified ] documents, in 1965, after detecting that the US embassy in Moscow was bombarded by microwaves, a Pandora Project was launched to study biological and behavioral effects of microwave radiation. Eventually the so-called "Moscow signal" was attributed to ] rather than to mind control.<ref name=WaPo20070114/> According to declassified ] documents, in 1965, after detecting that the US embassy in Moscow was bombarded by microwaves, a Pandora Project was launched to study biological and behavioral effects of microwave radiation. Eventually the so-called "Moscow signal" was attributed to ] rather than to mind control.<ref name=WaPo20070114/>

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Pandora Project and other research

According to declassified US DoD documents, in 1965, after detecting that the US embassy in Moscow was bombarded by microwaves, a Pandora Project was launched to study biological and behavioral effects of microwave radiation. Eventually the so-called "Moscow signal" was attributed to eavesdropping rather than to mind control.

Mind-control websites frequently cite the 2002 Air Force Research Laboratory patent for using microwaves to send spoken words into someone's head. The released records show that the patent was based on a 1994-2002 research. The official position is that the so-called " non-thermal effects of microwaves" do not exist, however there are indications that classified research continues, and these pieces of information fuel the worries of the "TI"s.

"Psychotronics"

Main article: Psychotronics (conspiracy theory)

In Russia, a group called "Victims of Psychotronic Experimentation" attempted to recover damages from the Federal Security Service during the mid-1990s for alleged infringement of their civil liberties including "beaming rays" at them, putting chemicals in the water, and using magnets to alter their minds. These fears may have been inspired by revelations of secret research into "psychotronic" psychological warfare techniques during the early 1990s, with Vladimir Lopatkin, a State Duma committee member in 1995, surmising "Something that was secret for so many years is the perfect breeding ground for conspiracy theories."

In the US, there are people who hear voices in their heads and claim the government is using "psychotronic torture" against them, and who campaign to stop the use of alleged psychotronic and other mind control weapons. These campaigns have received some support from public figures, including former U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich and former Missouri State Representative Jim Guest. Yale psychiatry professor Ralph Hoffman notes that people often ascribe voices in their heads to external sources such as government harassment, God, and dead relatives, and it can be difficult to persuade them that their belief in an external influence is delusional. Other experts compare these stories to accounts of alien abductions.

Support communities

There are extensive online support networks and numerous websites maintained by people fearing mind control. Palm Springs psychiatrist Alan Drucker has identified evidence of delusional disorders on many of these websites and psychologists agree that such sites negatively reinforce mental troubles, while some say that the sharing and acceptance of a common delusion could function as a form of group cognitive therapy. As part of a 2006 British study by Dr. Vaughan Bell, independent psychiatrists determined "signs of psychosis are strongly present" based on evaluation of a sample of online mind-control accounts whose posters were "very likely to be schizophrenic". Psychologists have identified many examples of people reporting ‘mind control experiences’ (MCEs) on self-published web pages that are "highly likely to be influenced by delusional beliefs". Common themes include “Bad Guys” using “psychotronics” and “microwaves”, frequent mention of the CIA’s MKULTRA project and frequent citing of a scientific paper entitled “Human auditory system response to modulated electromagnetic energy”.

One of the better-known claimants, long-time British Usenet kook Mike Corley, was the subject of an opera, The Corley Conspiracy.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference WaPo20070114 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. Matthews, Owen (July 11, 1995). "Report: Soviets Used Top-Secret 'Psychotronic' Weapons". The Moscow Times. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference nyt20081112 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. Cite error: The named reference kmir20150212 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. Cite error: The named reference PsychologyToday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. Bell, Vaughan; Maiden, Carla; Muñoz-Solomando, Antonio; Reddy, Venu. "'Mind control' experiences on the internet: implications for the psychiatric diagnosis of delusions". Psychopathology. School of Psychology, Cardiff University. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

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