THE INCREASE IN HATE SPEECH RATES ON BRAZILIAN SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THE MODERNITY OF THE ISSUE

Authors

  • Abrahão Alexandre Barros de Lima UFMA
  • Zilmara de Jesus Viana de Carvalho UFMA
  • Flávio Luiz de Castro Freitas UFMA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/politica.v12i3.69288

Keywords:

Hate speech, Pandemic, Modernity, Coloniality

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic and its restrictions caused several changes in social relations and their exchanges, causing a massive migration to social networks. Through this form of connection, it was possible to maintain ties, but it brought greater visibility to social dysfunctions, such as hate speech, the object of this investigation. Based on data from the NGO Safernet, we will discuss the dissemination of this phenomenon in Brazilian social networks during the pandemic, considering a possible underreporting generated by the digital structure itself. Observing the visibility brought by the networks and the surveillance society and starting from a retrospective look at the colonial and racist Brazilian society, the modernity of the phenomenon is problematized. In concluding notes, we assume that this is not a legitimately modern issue, but simply more transparent due to social networks.

Author Biographies

Abrahão Alexandre Barros de Lima, UFMA

Mestrando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Cultura e Sociedade da Universidade Federal do Maranhão – UFMA; Bolsista FAPEMA; graduado em Direito pela Universidade Estadual do Maranhão – UEMA

Zilmara de Jesus Viana de Carvalho, UFMA

Professora do Departamento de Filosofia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Cultura e Sociedade da Universidade Federal do Maranhão – UFMA; doutora em Filosofia pela USP; bolsista de estímulo à produtividade FAPEMA (03677/2023); coordenadora do Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa Interdisciplinar em Kant

Flávio Luiz de Castro Freitas, UFMA

Professor do Departamento de Filosofia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Cultura e Sociedade da Universidade Federal do Maranhão – UFMA; doutor e pós-doutor em Filosofia pela UFSCar; coordenador do Grupo Teoria da Afetividade e Filosofia das Psis

Published

2024-11-30

How to Cite

Barros de Lima, A. A., Viana de Carvalho, Z. de J., & de Castro Freitas, F. L. (2024). THE INCREASE IN HATE SPEECH RATES ON BRAZILIAN SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THE MODERNITY OF THE ISSUE. PoliÉtica. Revista De Ética E Filosofia Política, 12(3), 243–267. https://doi.org/10.23925/politica.v12i3.69288