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{{short description|BeliefDelusion regarding mind manipulation by electronic means}}
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'''Electronic harassment''', '''electromagnetic torture''', or '''psychotronic torture''' areis termsthe delusional belief, usedheld by individuals holdingwho thecall beliefthemselves "'''targeted individuals'''" ('''TIs'''), that malicious actors (are [[Thought insertion|transmitting sounds and thoughts into people's heads]], affecting their bodies, and harassing them generally.<ref name="WaPo20070114" /><ref name="nyt20081112" /> The delusion often concerns government agents or crime rings) makeand usealleges ofthat the "perpetrators" use [[electromagnetic radiation]] (such as the [[microwave auditory effect]]), radar, and surveillance techniques to [[Thoughtcarry insertion|transmitout soundstheir and thoughts into people's heads]], affect people's bodies, and harass peoplegoals.<ref name=WaPo20070114/><ref name=nyt20081112>{{cite news | title=Sharing Their Demons on the Web | last = Kershaw | first=Sarah | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date = November 12, 2008 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html}}</ref> Individuals
Some whoTIs claim to experience this call themselves "'''targeted individuals'''" ('''TIs'''). Some claim they arebe victims of [[gang stalking]], and many have created or joined support and advocacy groups.<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian A. Sharpless|title=Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders: A Handbook for Clinical Practice and Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dgc1DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA40|date=15 November 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-024586-3|pages=40–}}</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_pf.html "Mind Games"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', January 14, 2007</ref>
Multiple medical professionals have concluded that these experiences are [[hallucination]]s, the result of [[delusional disorder]]s, or [[psychosis]].<ref name=WaPo20070114 /><ref name=nyt20081112 /><ref name=kmir20150212/><ref name="PsychologyToday"/>
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Gavin Eugene Long, who [[2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers|killed three police officers and injured three others]] in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], on July 17, 2016, was a believer in numerous anti-government movements and conspiracy theories, but he was most notably a member of a group dedicated to helping people with "remote brain experimentation, remote neural monitoring of an entire human's body."<ref name=CNN.Killer>{{cite news |first=Joshua |last=Berlinger |title=Gavin Long: Who is Baton Rouge cop killer? |date=July 18, 2016 |access-date=July 18, 2016 |website=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/18/us/who-is-gavin-long/}}</ref>
Matthew Choi, a 30-year-old [[South Africa]]nAfrican, who claimed himself under a [[V2K#Conspiracy_theories|V2K]] electronic harassment and made remarks about "being brainwashed through microwave" since 2015, murdered a taxi driver in [[Hong Kong]] on October 12, 2021. The case arose mass attention in the city, and the police described him as "extremely dangerous".<ref>{{cite news |title=Hong Kong police on the lookout for man who killed taxi driver on Tuesday morning
|date=October 12, 2021 |access-date=October 13, 2021 |website=[[South China Morning Post]]|url=https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3152165/hong-kong-police-lookout-man-who-killed-taxi-driver}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Manhunt for cabbie killer continues as police provide more info
|date=October 13, 2021 |access-date=October 13, 2021 |website=[[The Standard (Hong Kong)|The Standard]]|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/181497/Manhunt-for-cabbie-killer-continues-as-police-provide-more-info}}</ref>
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== See also ==
* "[[Air Loom]]"
* ''[[On the Origin of the "Influencing Machine" in Schizophrenia]]''
* ''[[Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura]]''
* [[Directed-energy weapon]]
* [[Electronic warfare]]
* [[Havana syndrome]]
* [[Tin foil hat]]
*''[[The Psychotronic Man]]''
== References ==
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