The "hate speech", digital environment and environmental health

• Main Authors: Janaina Varalli, Marco Aurelio Moura dos Santos
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas 2016-06-01
• Series: Atas de Saúde Ambiental
• Subjects: dignidade da pessoa humana; discurso do ódio; meio ambiente digital; redes sociais; saúde ambiental sociedade da informação.
• Online Access: http://www.revistaseletronicas.fmu.br/index.php/ASA/article/view/1042

This work seeks to ascertain the role and reach of internet and social networks in information society as diffusers of hate speech and its mediations, such as new interpretations, philosophical points of view and legal analyzes. The expansion of the world wide web and subsequently the social networks formed in this virtual medium, impressively potentiated the offense to people’s honor and many kinds of intolerance. The enhancement of hate speech was intensified as quickly as Internet and social networks have settled in our society. Opinions, ideas and feelings are easily manifested in a pace as never before imagined. However, it is important to point out that hate speech is closely related to minorities and social exclusion, being used today as a strong aspect and condition of this context and concept. Considering the digital environment as a result of the artificial environment created by man, hate speech degrades this type of environment, turning against the respect toward individual and collective dignity, values ensured by the constitution. The degradation of the environment affects its health.