FACTNet
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FACTnet, also known as Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network, co-founded by Robert Penny and Lawrence Wollersheim, was a Colorado-based anti-cult organization with the stated aim of educating and facilitating communication about destructive mind control. Coercive tactics, or coercive psychological systems, are defined on their website as "unethical mind control such as brainwashing, thought reform, destructive persuasion and coercive persuasion".[1]
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Formation | 1993 |
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Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit |
Headquarters | Colorado, United States |
Official language | English |
Key people | Lawrence Wollersheim, Robert Penny |
Website | factnet |
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The organization was involved in litigation with the Church of Scientology involving the right to free speech and assertions of copyright.