Anonymous school accounts known as curis have prompted police warnings in Spain. Posts that identify and humiliate pupils or teachers may lead to criminal offences or civil liability, depending on the case.
The management of IES Rey Don Sancho in Nájera has filed a complaint over a curis account. Similar cases have also been reported at several institutes in Andalusia.
The Policía Nacional says anonymous accounts can expose pupils and teachers to ridicule, and anonymity does not shield those responsible. A person may be recognisable from a drawing even if their name is left out. Posts framed as jokes can still be judged by their content and the harm they cause.
Curis accounts, mainly on TikTok, use school names and recreate scenes from everyday classroom life. Some posts may be harmless, but the police warning focuses on material that singles out someone from the school community. Depending on the seriousness and circumstances, it may amount to an offence against moral integrity or serious insult. It may also lead to civil liability.
The Guardia Civil and INCIBE have urged people who encounter such accounts not to share their posts. They recommend reporting the content and telling a trusted adult. INCIBE, Spain’s national cybersecurity institute, operates under the Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service through the State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures. Anyone targeted should save screenshots and the account name, along with any links, then speak to a trusted adult or someone at their school and report the matter to the Policía Nacional.
Schools are also setting out how they will respond. The Departamento de Educación, Ciencia y Universidades del Gobierno de Aragón has sent common instructions to every school in the region on dealing with accounts or posts that publish harmful material about the educational community. The aim is to prevent and address such cases consistently across centres, according to local newspaper Hoy Aragón.
In La Rioja, the head of IES Rey Don Sancho described the account’s content as offensive and defamatory in an interview with Radio Rioja Cadena SER. In Andalusia, the Asociación Andaluza de Directores (Asadipre) has reported cases at several institutes. Sylvia Frey, from its Málaga delegation, said the creation of such content by primary-school children was a particular concern. She said families should understand that investigators can identify authors and that the conduct may have penal consequences.
School leaders in Andalusia say their internal rules classify this behaviour as a serious breach of coexistence and provide for sanctions once authors are identified. RUSSPAIN has also reported on Bellvitge’s kidney transplant, a separate development involving a Spanish public institution.
