Discurso de ódio misógino no instagram: os instrumentos jurídicos de enfrentamento de conteúdos produzidos pelo grupo masculinista red pill

Abstract

Although social networks, such as Instagram, have been fundamental in the advancement of minority groups for a construction of an egalitarian society, masculinist groups, such as Red Pill, have found in these platforms a strong potential for their articulation and the propagation of sexist hate speech, aiming to ensure the maintenance of male privileges and the patriarchal structure, which has contributed to the persistence of violence against women in Brazilian society. Red Pill group became known in Brazil from a series of news broadcasted in March 2023, which narrated that Thiago chutz, author of Red Pill's best-selling book in Brazil, had used his nstagram profile to threaten two women who satirized and criticized the masculinist ovement. This monography aims, therefore, to answer the following questions: was exist hate speech identified in the content produced by the Red Pill group on Instagram, and what legal instruments exists to combat sexist hate speech on Instagram? The research aims to analyze if the publications from the “@manualredpill” profile on Instagram, belonging to Thiago Schutz, onstitute misogynist hate speech and identify the legal instruments available to ombat hateful speech against women. The deductive method was used in the esearch. Regarding objectives and methods, the bibliographic method was used to understand the patriarchal structure, the concept and characteristics of misogynistic hate speech and the legal treatment to combat it. Furthermore, it was decided to use the digital ethnographic method to analyze the publications from Thiago’s profile. Were located 76 posts in the defined period and, after an initial analysis, associated with Thiago Schutz’s book, were chosen 4 categories based on a qualitative analysis: sexual objectification, patriarchal domination, symbolic violence, and gender stereotypes’s reaffirmation. Afterward, were selected two publications for each category. The book “Hate Speech: A Politics of the Performative” by philosopher Judith Butler was used for the discusive analysis as a theoretical framework. The case study method was used as the procedure, combined bibliographic research techniques and direct, systematic, and non participant observation. In conclusion, the existence of sexist hate speech was verified in the publications analyzed, as well as the use of veiled speech, discriminating women, and naturalizing violence. Furthermore, it is inferred that, despite the Federal Constitution of 1988 establishes principles such as equality and human dignity, legislation criminalizing violence against women, as well as Instagram regulating the prohibition of hate speech on the platform, misogynistic content, as the ones analyzed in the research, remains available for access.