A coodependência entre a democracia e a liberdade de expressão: uma análise da weaponização da desinformação através da plataforma META e seu impacto na democracia brasileira

Abstract

The democracy presupposes the existence of a series of freedom rights, especially the right to freedom of expression, which are only guaranteed in these regimes. However, over the last few years, disinformation has been used, through digital platforms, to attack democracy and the electoral process, using the mantle of freedom of expression to do so. Which leads us to the problem of this research, which consists of seeking what is the impact of the dissemination of disinformation, through the META platform, on Brazilian democracy, and what are the ways to reduce/solve it? The objective is to verify the impact of this phenomenon on the choice of representatives, and thus seek the possibility of its regulation. Initially, we seek to establish the distinction between information and disinformation, in order to relate them to democracy. Afterwards, we address the way in which platforms give preponderance to this type of content to encourage polarization and generate engagement. Later, the effectiveness of weaponizing disinformative content as an electoral strategy and its impact on democracy is addressed. Finally, it is verified whether the right to freedom protects the dissemination of disinformation, and an analysis of this fundamental right is carried out in order to verify the possibility and ways of regulating disinformation. The research concludes that the use of disinformation through digital platforms fuels polarization and prevents dialogue, and is therefore harmful to democracy, which is why it must be subject to regulation both by the platforms themselves and by the State. The approach method adopted is deductive, and comparative is used as an auxiliary methodology. The research techniques are bibliographic and documentary, predominantly qualitative, and complementary to quantitative.