Access do Disinformation in Brazil in pandemic context

the presidency's science denial and its consequent violations of fundamental human rights

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https://doi.org/10.5216/revufg.v20.66629

Abstract

The Brazilian presidency’s behavior about coronavirus pandemic (Sars-CoV-2), characterized by anti-science discourse and by disinformation, is analyzed in this article by the perspective of the Federal Constitution and International Law, intended to pro-tect the human rights of access to information. The violation of this right, due to its instrumental character, is a determining factor to other fundamental human rights: the right to health and life. This paper discuss, specifically, about the Brazilian presidency’s con-duct in favor of redirected drugs to the treatment of Covid-19, even without sufficient scientific basis, particularly chloroquine/ hydro-xychloroquine. Besides the violations of human rights by Brazilian maximum authority, we argue about the legal and scientific limits of freedom of expression and the need of public resources, based on Science, to suppress disinformation on digital social networks and traditional media.

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Author Biography

Jandré Corrêa Batista, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Carreiros, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, jandrecb@gmail.com

Doutor em Comunicação e Informação pela
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), mestre em Comunicação Social pela
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), bacharel em Direito e
licenciado em Letras pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) e bacharel em
Comunicação Social – Jornalismo pela Universidade Católica de Pelotas (UCPel), com
período de estudos na Universidade Católica do Uruguai (UCUDal). Jornalista da
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG) e pesquisador do Instituto Federal Sul-riograndense (IFSul), pelo programa Rede e-Tec Brasil.

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

BATISTA, J. C. Access do Disinformation in Brazil in pandemic context: the presidency’s science denial and its consequent violations of fundamental human rights. Revista UFG, Goiânia, v. 20, n. 26, 2020. DOI: 10.5216/revufg.v20.66629. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/revistaufg/article/view/66629. Acesso em: 27 sep. 2024.

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Vol. 20 (2020): Revista UFG

Section

Dossiê: o discurso anti-ciência nas redes sociais na internet

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