Sanctions against heads of educational institutions. Part 8

In March 2008, Rosobrazovanie (later abolished and reorganized into the Ministry of Education and Science) provided all Russian schools with licensed software packages, which include a content filtering program for Internet access. As it turned out, this program does not cope with the task, which was found out as a result of prosecutorial checks throughout the country. It is quite obvious that the fault for the fact that schoolchildren, despite access filters, have the opportunity to visit neo-Nazi and other inappropriate sites from school computers, lies not only with schools that do not update software with the necessary regularity, but also with the Ministry of Education and Science, which has installed an insufficiently effective product. Note that not all items of the Federal List of Extremist Materials are designed in such a way that they can be used as a guide to action (sometimes, when it comes to a website, its address may not be displayed completely or even completely absent, and the titles of books and articles are given no output).

In addition, we cannot fail to note that the very idea of fighting extremism in schools with the help of filters seems wrong to us. Firstly, any filter can be bypassed if desired, and secondly, it is in principle impossible to compile an exhaustive list of addresses and keywords.

However, prosecutors everywhere and regularly punish local officials and school leaders for this. We believe that the Ministry of Education and Science should be responsible for the imperfection of the content filtering system, and the negligence of the leadership of schools that do not update the program is a problem of labor discipline rather than law enforcement. Similarly, we treat the claims of prosecutors to the leadership of educational institutions regarding access to resources from the Unified Register of Prohibited Sites - in cases where it is known that a school or university is trying to stop this access.

We have combined such cases into a single list, the first part of which covers the period from December 2009 to June 2011, the second - the period from July 2011 to June 2012, the third - from June 2012 to November 2013, the fourth - from November 2013 to the end of 2014, the fifth - from January to December 2015, the sixth - from January to December 2016, the seventh - from January to December 2017. The continuation of this list is in front of you.

On December 29, 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Ulyanovsk region announced that it had submitted a proposal to the leadership of regional authorities to eliminate violations of the law in the regional Palace of Creativity for Children and Youth. One of the identified violations was that the palace authorities did not ensure " the proper use of a content filter that restricts access to prohibited information ," as a result of which minors had access to extremist materials, among other things. It is not entirely clear from the statement of the prosecutor's office whether a content filter was installed in this institution, however, we proceed from the fact that otherwise the prosecutor's office would have more clearly indicated its absence.
On December 18, 2018, it became known that in the Chelyabinsk region, the Miass City Court fined the Miass Geological Prospecting College 20 thousand rubles under Part 1 of Art. 6.17 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the established requirements for the distribution among children of information products containing information that is harmful to their health and (or) development). When accessing the Internet from the training computers, prosecutors conducted a selective search for resources included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials and gained access to the audio and video recordings of the Metal Corrosion group. It is not clear from the prosecutor's report whether content filters were installed on the computers, but we assume that otherwise the prosecutor's office would have clearly indicated their absence.
On December 7, 2018, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Saratov Region announced that the court had satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor of the Dukhovnitsky District on the obligation of the secondary school in the village of Goryainovka to ensure the proper operation of the content filtering system and exclude access to extremist materials from the school. During the audit at the school, it was found that the content filter does not block access to articles included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials, which can be found using a search engine.
On November 29, 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Voronezh region reported that the prosecutor's office of the Central District of Voronezh had conducted an inspection in educational institutions. Among the revealed violations was the fact that from the computers of some of them it is possible to get access to extremist materials. Unfortunately, it is not clear in which institutions such violations were revealed, however, in general, based on the results of the audit, submissions were made to the leaders of the Voronezh State Medical University named after V.I. N. N. Burdenko, Voronezh State University, Voronezh State Forestry University. G. F. Morozov, Voronezh Institute of High Technologies and Automobile and Transport Institute. It is also not clear from the report whether content filters were installed in educational institutions, however, we proceed from the fact that otherwise the prosecutor's office would clearly indicate their absence.
On November 28, 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Chuvash Republic reported that the prosecutor's office of the Leninsky district of Cheboksary had made submissions to eliminate violations of the law against the leaders of the Cheboksary College of Food Technology and Commerce, the Cheboksary College of Economics and Technology, and secondary school No. V. I. Chapaev. During the audit, the department found that " due to the lack of proper content filtering " it is possible to access extremist materials from computers in computer science rooms. It is not entirely clear from the report whether content filters were installed in educational institutions, however, we proceed from the fact that otherwise the prosecutor's office would clearly indicate their absence.
On November 2, 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Samara region reported that the prosecutor's office of the Sovietsky district of Samara made a submission to the director of school No. 176, after which the school entered into an agreement on content filtering on the Internet. The previously installed content filter did not function properly: students could access information harmful to minors, including downloading literature included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials.
On November 1, 2018, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Tula Region reported that the Prosecutor’s Office of the Suvorov District had made representations to the directors of secondary educational schools No. 1 and 5 in the city of Suvorov, the Chekalin secondary educational school (education center) named after A.P. N. K. Anosova. One of the reasons for this was the fact that files included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials are "opened without hindrance" from computers in computer science classrooms and school libraries. It is not entirely clear from the prosecutor's report how the inspectors opened the files, but it is likely that they were looking for them on the Internet. The report also does not indicate whether content filters were installed on the computers, however, we proceed from the fact that otherwise the prosecutor's office would clearly indicate their absence.
On August 24, 2018, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Saratov Region announced that the court had satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor of the Kalininsky District against the Kalinin College of Agribusiness on imposing duties on ensuring the proper operation of the content filtering system that prevents access to materials that are incompatible with the tasks of educating and educating minors, and extremist materials. The centralized filtration system operating in the technical school did not fully cope with its tasks.
On August 20, 2018, the prosecutor’s office of the Chuvash Republic reported that the prosecutor’s office of the Batyrevsky district had made a submission to the director of the Balabash-Baishevskaya secondary school. from the computers in the informatics room Due to the lack of proper content filtering, it was possible to access extremist materials . It is not entirely clear from the report whether content filters were installed at the school, but we assume that otherwise the prosecutor's office would clearly indicate their absence.
On July 3, 2018, from the message of the North-Western Transport Prosecutor's Office, it became known that during the inspection of the library of the State University of the Sea and River Fleet named after. admiral S. O. Makarov (St. Petersburg), it was found that from the computers of the reading room it was possible to find materials included in the Federal List under the numbers 4453, 4455 (videos by the video blogger Tigran Parseghyan) and 4457 (the book by Helmut Stellricht "Faith and Action for Hitler Youth"). The prosecutor's office made a presentation to the rector of the university. It is not clear from the message whether content filters were installed in the library, but we assume that otherwise the prosecutor's office would have explicitly pointed out their absence. It should be noted that the listed materials were included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials only in June 2018, and it is likely that the content filtering system was not immediately set to stop access to them.
On June 19, 2018, the prosecutor’s office of the Altai Territory reported that the prosecutor’s office of the Zarinsky district had made representations to the directors of several schools. It was possible to access extremist materials from school computers in educational institutions. It is not clear from the prosecutor's report whether content filters were installed in schools, but we assume that otherwise the prosecutor's office would have clearly indicated their absence.
On April 24, 2018, the North-Western Transport Prosecutor's Office reported that the Syktyvkar Transport Prosecutor's Office made a submission to the director of the Komi Regional Aviation Personnel Training Center. The computer in the institution's library had access to extremist materials. It is not clear from the statement of the prosecutor's office whether content filters were installed in the center, however, we proceed from the fact that otherwise the prosecutor's office would clearly indicate their absence.
On April 10, 2018, the prosecutor’s office of the Ryazan region reported that the prosecutor’s office of the Zheleznodorozhny district of Ryazan had made submissions to the directors of schools No. 3 and 16, in which content filters installed on computers did not block access to extremist materials.
On April 9, 2018, the North-Western Transport Prosecutor's Office reported that the Yaroslavl Transport Prosecutor's Office had made a submission to the director of the Yaroslavl branch of St. Petersburg State Transport University. During the audit, it was found that from the reading room of the library of this institution it was possible to go to sites with extremist materials. It is not clear from the prosecutor's report whether content filters were installed, but we assume that otherwise the prosecutor's office would have explicitly indicated their absence.
On March 22, 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Tula region reported that the prosecutor's office of the Suvorovsky district had made submissions to the directors of eight educational institutions: the Ageevskaya secondary school (education center) of the village. Central, Khaninsky and Novocherepetskaya secondary schools, Cherepetskaya secondary school. N. K. Anosov, gymnasium (education center) in Suvorov, secondary schools No. 1, 2 and 5 in Suvorov. The prosecutor's review showed that the content filtering tools installed in schools do not provide effective protection for students from access to resources containing information that is harmful to their moral and spiritual development. In one case, when searching for "Nazi symbols", the browser displayed images with Nazi symbols, and access was also made from the school computer to a song included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials under No. 4062 (audio recording "SturmRise - Russian Truth!").
On March 15, 2018, the North-Western Transport Prosecutor's Office reported that the Velikiye Luki Transport Prosecutor's Office made a submission to the director of the Velikiye Luki branch of St. Petersburg State Transport University. During the audit, it was found that the computer in the library of the Velikoluksky railway transport technical school had access to extremist materials. It is not clear from the prosecutor's report whether content filters were installed on the computer, but we assume that otherwise the prosecutor's office would have clearly indicated their absence.
On March 15, 2018, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Penza Region reported that in 2017 prosecutors from different districts and cities brought 12 protests against local acts of educational institutions and made eight submissions in connection with the failure to take measures to protect minors from access to extremist materials. In particular, the prosecutor of the Leninsky district of Penza brought protests against the rules adopted in schools for using the Internet, which exempted the administration from liability for access to prohibited materials. It is not clear from the prosecutor's report whether content filters were installed on the computers in these schools, but we assume that otherwise the prosecutor's office would have clearly indicated their absence.
On March 12, 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Murmansk region reported that the prosecutor's office of the Lovozero district had made a submission to the director of the local Center for Children's Creativity. Despite the presence of a content filter, it was possible to access at least six sites with symbols of extremist organizations from the computers of the institution.
On February 28, 2018, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Kaluga Region reported that the Prosecutor’s Office of the Duminichsky District conducted an inspection at the Duminich Secondary School No. 3. It was found that improper organization of content filtering on computers in the computer science class allows access to extremist materials. The principal of the school was presented.
On February 20, 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Kaluga region reported that the prosecutor's office of the Ferzikovsky district had conducted an inspection at the Bebelevskaya secondary school. The agency found that computers in the computer science class could access materials harmful to minors, including the book "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler and videos in which militants of the "Islamic State" banned in Russia carry out executions. The principal of the school was presented. It is not clear from the prosecutor's report whether content filters were installed on the computers at the school, but we assume that otherwise the prosecutor's office would have clearly indicated their absence.
On February 16, 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Voronezh region reported that the Rossoshansky inter-district prosecutor had submitted proposals to eliminate violations of the law to the directors of Evstratovskaya, Popovskaya and Nachalovsky secondary schools. In these educational institutions, the content filtering system did not work properly: students could access harmful materials, including those included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials.
On January 30, 2018, the North-Western Transport Prosecutor's Office reported that the Syktyvkar Transport Prosecutor's Office made a submission to the director of the Mikun Railway College. In the course of checking the implementation of legislation on countering extremism in the institution, it was found that the system of content filtering of Internet resources in the library of the technical school did not provide their filtering in full, there was access to information from the Federal List of Extremist Materials and sites with materials of an extremist nature.

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Prosecution authorities seek to restrict access to Internet resources with information prohibited by law in educational institutions // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Penza Region. March 15, 2018
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