CANCEL CULTURE ON DIGITAL NETWORKS

EXERCICE OF DEMOCRATIC ACTIVISM OR RISK TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/1swgae94

Abstract

This article analyses the phenomenon of cancellation practices verified in social networks and their implications on freedom of speech, analyzing ambiguity as an instrument of activism and empowerment to minority groups and, at the same time, an instrument of censorship about differing opinions. The analysis adopts the Timothy Garton Ash methodological theoretical framework, hypothetical-deductive method and bibliographical research. As results, the cancel culture must be understood under a new communicative context of interconnection between physical and virtual worlds and special implications hitherto inconceivable on the sphere of individual self-realization and on the stability of representative democracies, pointing to studies regarding the possibilities of self-regulatory solutions or improvement policies under the Habermasian public sphere framework.

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Author Biography

  • Raimilan Rodrigues, Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR)

    Doutorado em Direito Constitucional pela Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR). Mestrado em Direito (Direito e Desenvolvimento) pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) e Graduação em Direito pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA). Atualmente Procurador do Estado (Procuradoria Geral do Estado do Ceará) e Advogado. Tem experiência na área de Direito, com ênfase em Direito Público, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Direito Administrativo, Direito Constitucional, Contratos Administrativos, Licitações Públicas, Princípios Administrativos.

Published

2026-05-13