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The Ministry of Internal Affairs enhances the fight against manipulating the consciousness of children
The Ministry of the Interior has created a special group that will identify and suppress cases of manipulating the consciousness of adolescents on the Internet, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the department’s message. The group included police officers from the Main Directorate of the Criminal Investigation and other departments of the department.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the police are looking for information that is checked for "illegal actions". What exactly is included in this concept is not reported. "In connection with the destructive character," sites and groups on social networks are blocked by decision of the courts and administrators of the platforms.
An example of such groups was public, promoting the AUE subculture ("Prisoner Low"). In August, the Russian Supreme Court recognized the movement extremist and banned it in Russia.
Wed to Yandex.Zen CR on Instagram SR in TelegramSecretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev in 2019 said that the police began the fight against manipulating the consciousness of adolescents. In some Russian schools, content films were installed. Official statistics reports a decrease in group crimes of minors by almost 18%.