A regulação das plataformas digitais como forma de combate à desinformação à luz da experiência eleitoral brasileira de 2022.

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the limitations and potentialities of regulating digital platforms in Brazil, as a means of combating the dissemination of disinformation, based on the Brazilian electoral experience of 2022, considering the impact of these contents on democracy, and in what extent regulation could affect free speech. To this end, the dialectical approach method is used, since the object of study will be analyzed based on the contradiction of the elements that surround it, that is, the regulation of digital platforms as a potential instrument to combat the dissemination of misinformation, ensuring the health of democracy, on the one hand, and possible impact on freedom of expression, on the other. From the contrast between thesis and antithesis, the research synthesis will be reached, which will retain the conclusion of the outlined premises. To develop the research, the monographic procedure method was used, given the need for a detailed analysis of the phenomenon of dissemination of misinformation on digital platforms in the Brazilian electoral context of 2022 and its impacts on democracy. As a research technique, indirect documentation is used, through bibliographic research and document analysis. The importance of the research lies in its potential contribution to the search for solutions to combat the emerging phenomenon of disinformation in the virtual environment, responsible for the destabilization of democracy. At the end of the paper, it is concluded that the regulation of digital platforms, with the expansion of the responsibility of these agents for maintaining a healthy communication environment, presents itself as a suitable instrument for combating disinformation. Furthermore, it does not have negative impacts on freedom of expression, but rather, it is compatible with the objective and instrumental dimension of this right.