Original sentence: Cult watching groups (CWGs) disseminate information about purported cults with the intent of changing public and government perception of them and changing public policy regarding the NRMs.One of the first organized anti-cult groups in the USA was FREECOG founded in 1972 by anti-cult parents of children who were involved in the Children of God group.Opposition to NRMs grew after the mass suicide of the members of the Peoples Temple at Jonestown in 1978.The modern era of opposition to cults and new religious movements started in the 1960s in the United States.This can drastically affect the mindsets of NRM members and of society as a whole, as well as the actions the groups, the public and the government take, including potential acts of violence
Edited sentence: Cult watching groups (CWGs) disseminate information about "cults" in a way aimed at changing public and goverment perception of them and changing public policy toward them.One of the first organized anti-cult groups in the USA was FREECOG founded in 1972 by concerned parents of children who were involved in the Children of God group.Opposition grew after the mass suicide of the members of the Peoples Temple at Jonestown in 1978.The modern era of oppposition to cults and new religious movements started in the 1960s in the United States.This can have the effect of increasing or decreasing the level of violence perpetrated on or by these groups, depending on the type of CWG