JUSTIFICATIONS IN DEMONETIZATION CAMPAIGNS AGAINST FAKE NEWS AND HATE SPEECH: SLEEPING GIANTS BRAZIL’S RESPONSES TO CENSORSHIP ACCUSATIONS

Inspired by international experiences of the Sleeping Giants movement, since May 2020, Brazilian users of social networks such as Twitter have been denouncing advertisers and website funding platforms accused of disseminating disinformation and hate speech. This paper evaluates what criteria are pre...

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Autor: Paganotti, Ivan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
Repositorio:Contemporanea (Salvador. Online) - Revista de Comunicação e Cultura
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.ufba.br:article/47531
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/contemporaneaposcom/article/view/47531
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:liberdade de expressão
discurso de ódio
notícias falsas
desmonetização
censura
free speech
hate speech
fake news
demonetization
censorship
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Sumario:Inspired by international experiences of the Sleeping Giants movement, since May 2020, Brazilian users of social networks such as Twitter have been denouncing advertisers and website funding platforms accused of disseminating disinformation and hate speech. This paper evaluates what criteria are presented to justify these demonetization campaigns, considering how those responsible for the Sleeping Giants Brazil accounts explain their choices of targets and what they consider to be fake news and offensive speech. The paper evaluates how the movement responds to criticism and questioning from social network users, clarifying their choices, publishing content that works as explanations of their methods. These justifications are presented as educational materials to expose to the public the difficulties in defining limits to free speech on digital networks.