Os ataques gordofóbicos ocorridos no Brasil: os limites da liberdade de expressão na rede social instagram

Abstract

This research is dedicated to the analysis of fatphobic attacks on the social network Instagram and how it has become a source of several problems by hosting discriminatory discourses against the fat population. Fatphobic attacks destroy the emotional and physical nature of the victim, not only being viewed as an individual attack but rather as a collective one, considering that Brazil follows a Democratic Rule of Law, aiming for equality and a dignified life for all citizens, in view of this, The problem of the work will be to observe whether these attacks transcend the victim, harming constitutional principles such as equality and human dignity, which would culminate in attacks on the pillars of democracy and what would be the appropriate responsibility in view of these attacks. Regarding the methods, the inductive method will be used as an approach, through fat-phobic attacks against the dancer Thais Carla, with the aim of generalizing whether these speeches transcend the victim, harming the principle of equality as well as personality rights. The historical and monographic method of procedure will be used, relating the historicity of the body as well as changes in the concept of beauty linked to the female perspective, such as Thais Carla and her influence in the virtual sphere. Indirect and direct documentation will be used, such as bibliographical research and field study as research techniques, aimed at investigating the attacks that the victim is suffering on Instagram. Finally, observing all these points, fatphobic attacks transcend the victim, harming principles such as human dignity and the victim's rights to image, honor and privacy, as well as how the victim can seek compensation for damages through objective civil liability considering that the abuses of rights occurring through freedom of expression can be analyzed by combining the Consumer Protection Code and the Internet Civil Rights Framework.