Educational tool only. All groups exist on a spectrum of control. Individual experiences vary. Based on publicly available reports, ex-member accounts, court records, and expert analyses — not medical or legal advice.

BITE axis: Thought

Indoctrination

Sustained instruction in a worldview that discourages critical evaluation of its premises.

Groups in the dataset that reference Indoctrination

Auto-derived from body, summary, and red-flag text. Showing top 3 by CLCI score.

ISIS / 'Islamic State' ideology (recruitment networks)
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) / Warren Jeffs
Shincheonji Church of Jesus

Blog posts that discuss this term

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/blog/what-is-the-bite-model
/blog/lifton-vs-bite-what-each-framework-captures
/blog/when-a-loved-one-dies-inside
/blog/flds-after-warren-jeffs
/blog/cult-or-political-movement-bite-boundary