Is it true that in Ukrainian universities there were courses for shooting pornography?

In mid -August, 2023, the posts diverged in social networks that after registering a bill on the legalization of porn at local universities in Ukraine, they began to train the creation of films for adults. We checked viral screenshots from the sites of three universities for authenticity.

On August 18, three screenshots allegedly made on the pages of various Ukrainian higher educational institutions: Kyiv University of Culture (KUK), Kyiv International University (KIMU) and Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (Knucia) were distributed. Judging by the images, students of these institutions had the opportunity to learn how to shoot porn content and erotic videos in the framework of master classes, additional classes and disciplines of choice. If you believe the numerous postsUniversities have introduced such training against the backdrop of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the law on legalization (in other sources - decriminalization) porn.

Publicist Dmitry Vasilet (at the post in his Telegram channel 195,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) Commented Vural screenshots: “Zelensky engineers and scientists for a long time are not needed, but porn operators are needed in large quantities.” Blogger Alexander Semchenko (95,000 views), wrotethat "Zelensky will teach the directors to remove porn correctly" and "women will now be able to earn on their own while their husband is at the front." Internet publication "Ukraine.ru" (87,000 views) clarifiedthat the news is not a joke, but the Telegram channel “Cat Kostyan is the official channel” (93,000) Additional: "Ukraine, in view of its mentality, is preparing to become a leading porn -power world." Similar posts appeared in the channels "Truthfulness"(189,000 views),"Uncle Glory"(179 000),"Sheikh Tamir"(116 000),"Gossip"(69,000),"Sexton"(50,000),"Mriya"(41 000),"Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation"(11,000),"The first Kharkov"(8200) and"Shaman Rahu"(3400), as well as in VKontakte (examples here And here) and on the site "Morning South".

To begin with, we determine the difference between the terms “decriminalization” and “legalization”, since in many Ukrainian And Russian The media use these two words as synonyms. Under decriminalization understand The retraining of a criminal crime in an administrative or disciplinary offense. It is understood that when committing such an act, a person will still violate the law and bear responsibility, but they will not be criminally pursued. Although legalization is a similar process, it is in this case implies A complete rejection of any responsibility, since previously the illegal action ceases to be so.

On August 14, 2023, in the commentary to the news agency UNIAN, People's Deputy of Ukraine Maxim Buzhansky toldthat the Verkhovna Rada will introduce a bill on decriminalization of pornography. According to the politician, the working group prepared the corresponding proposal for more than six months. The bill is indeed officially registered already on August 18, about which in the morning of the same day wrote One of his authors, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak. 

"Verified" got acquainted with text The bill on the website of the Verkhovna Rada. According to the document, the authors propose to completely exclude from the Criminal Code of Ukraine Article 302 ("Creation or content of places of debauchery and pivot"), as well as change Article 301 (“Import, manufacture, sale and distribution of pornographic objects”). The current version of Article 301 Provides Punishment for creating a pornographic content (photo, video, cinema, computer programs) and storage for sales or distribution. In your Telegram channel, the author of the new bill explainedthat criminal liability will remain Exclusively for porn, removed and common without receiving consent from a person, extreme porn (violence, zoophilia and necrophilia) and porn with children and distributed among children. "All. For everything else with Art. 301 and 302 we remove criminal liability. So that the fantasy of law enforcement officers does not generate 1000+ cases a year. In order to manipulate the temptation: pimination, involvement in prostitution and human trade also remain criminal offenses (these are individual articles), ” - wrote Iron on Telegram.

Thus, despite the fact that in the explanatory note And in the TELEGRAM channel Zheleznyak, the proposed change in the Criminal Code is repeatedly called the decriminalization of porn, in essence, if adoption, the bill will mean partial legalization of pornographic content.

Below we will separately analyze the three viral screenshots.

Kyiv University of Culture (Cook)

On the first The screen of the screen is supposedly presented a page describing the specialty “Cinema and Television directing” on the Cook website. The text on the viral screenshot reads: “The director of cinema and television, of course, is the main on the set! <...> The director can not only generate creative ideas and bring them to life, but also produces them-from his own YouTube show to the world-famous film or clip for stars of show business. We also launch an additional block of objects associated with the art of erotic videoography. If desired, it will be possible to study the basics of the production of pornographic content, which will always be relevant! ”

“Verified” studied the university’s website and found that it really has a faculty of cinema and television arts, where they conduct training on such specialties. However, we did not find any mention of eroticism and porn in the description of the program. In fact, the official text ends like this: “In the DJITAL EPOCHO, when media content surrounds us everywhere, the director-producer is always worth its weight in gold!” We also did not find the mentions of the block of objects associated with the content for adults in social networks Cook (Facebook*, Instagram* And Telegram). “Verified” appealed to the admission commission of Kyiv University with a request to comment on the viral image and received the following answer: “Go to our official website and read official information. And trust only proven sources! "

Comparison of the viral (from above) and our screenshot (below) of the Cook site
Kyiv International University (Kimu)

On second The screenshot allegedly shows a list of disciplines on choosing on the KIM website. In the left column between the “Factchecking and Verification of Information” and “Strategic Communications in the conditions of the information and psychological war” there is a discipline “Culturology of eroticism”. In the column on the right, you can find the phrase "Subtleties of the production of content for adults."

“Verified” found out that such a list of objects really is on the website of this university - in the description of the master's program “Audiovisual Art and Production” page Institute of Journalism, Cinema and Television. However, there, as in Facebook University, again there are no mention of eroticism and content with an age rating of 18+. In fact, in their place in the list there are “applied socio-communication technologies” and “media technologies”. The representative of Kim in communication with “verified” also did not directly answer our question about the authenticity of the screenshot, but recommended to switch to the official website of the university.

Comparison of the viral (from above) and our screenshot (below) of the site Kimu
Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (Knucia)

On third The screenshot supposedly presented the page of the Institute of Cinema and Television (Ikit) on the site of Knucia. At the same time, the image shows a note under the heading “Master class on the art of videoography 18+” in the section “News”, which is dated August 17 last year. The text reads: “To participate, it is already necessary to have basic skills in video production and cinematography. The speaker will talk about the intricacies and nuances of filming adult content, illuminate the aspects of the market and business spheres of sexualized content, and in practice will show the main features of the filming group when creating frank naked scenes containing shutters of copulation. ”

Site design in the screenshot corresponds page of the educational institution. However, this time, “verified” did not manage to find such a text on the website of the Ukrainian university. It is noteworthy that the news was allegedly published a year ago. At the same time, the viral screenshot states that on August 17, 2022 it was Friday, although in fact this date corresponds environment. In addition, Ikit news Come out Two times a day - at 11:00 and 17:00 local time, and the viral screenshot indicates 09:00. Find the mention of such a master class in social networks Ikit (Instagram And Facebook) We also did not succeed.

Comparison of the viral (from above) and our screenshot (below) site Knucia

Thus, we can confidently say that all three screenshots distributed are fakes. The earliest post with fabricated images, which “verified” was found, appeared In the Telegram channel "Zlai Pruf️" August 18, 2023 at 13:31 Moscow time. Given all reposts, the source record collected more than 373,000 views. Previously, this channel due to the spread of fake covers of magazines, photos and videos mentioned In our analysis ten times.

*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.

Photo on the cover: INSTITUTE KINO I Telebachennya

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