CHICAGO (WLS) -- It is described as an extremist network, using various platforms to prey on vulnerable children here, and around the world.

For the past six months, the I-Team, along with ABC News, have been investigating the disturbing rise of 764. Federal law enforcement is now referring to it as modern-day terrorism.

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"This network originally came together based on the activity of this young man who was a teenager at the time... and he started this... child sexual predator network on the Discord gaming channel back in 2021," Javed Ali, associate professor at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy, told the I-Team.

The 764 network operates not only in the United States but all over the world using threats, blac

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