Regarding the publication of Factcheck.kz

The Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan regarding the publication of Factcheck.kz informs that this information is not exhaustive.

Within the framework of monitoring compliance with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry constantly monitors the products of mass media, including the Internet.

During the monitoring for the second half of 2020, 13,838 violations were identified in the google social network, for which 105 warning letters were sent on the following main types of violations of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

- propaganda of terrorism and extremism – 13,643 violations, for which 37 letters were sent;

- use of mass media for the purpose of committing criminal and administrative offenses-94 violations, for which 4 letters were sent;

- dissemination of information inciting ethnic hatred – 40 violations, for which 17 letters were sent;

- dissemination of deliberately false information – 21 violations, for which 17 letters were sent;

- dissemination of information that encroaches on the honor and dignity of the Elbasy and the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – 18 violations, for which 18 letters were sent;

- dissemination of information that violates the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the procedure for organizing or holding meetings, rallies, marches, pickets – 6 violations, for which 4 letters were sent;

- illegal dissemination of personal data of citizens – 3 violations, for which 3 letters were sent;

- propaganda or agitation of the cult of cruelty and violence – 2 violations, for which 1 letter was sent;

- posting information that is harmful to the health, moral and spiritual development of the child, distribution of personal or biometric data, other information that allows to establish the identity of a minor – 3 violations, for which 2 letters were sent.

The current legislation does not yet provide for the concept of «cyberbullying», respectively, there are no legislative restrictions on these facts of offenses.

In this connection, there are no offenses on the facts of «cyberbullying» in the submitted statistical data of the Ministry.

At the same time, the statistics presented in the google report for the second half of 2020 are not clear on what principle the calculation is based and how the methodology for viewing materials by the system is made.

Although it is clear from the page «Report on the availability of services and data» that since 2011 the total number of content elements mentioned in removal requests is 192,503. Accordingly, the statistics presented for the second half of 2020 in the amount of 49 is no longer correct.