The "
New Cult Awareness Network" (NCAN, often referred to as simply the "
Cult Awareness Network", though other than inheriting the name, it is unrelated to
that older group) is an organization that provides information about cults, and is owned and operated by associates of the
Church of Scientology, itself categorized in many countries as a cult. It was formed in 1996, with the name purchased from the now defunct
Cult Awareness Network, an organization that provided information on groups it considered to be cults, and that strongly opposed Scientology.