Responsabilidade civil e fake news: a atuação da educação digital na prevenção aos danos causados pela desinformação

Abstract

This article seeks to understand the phenomenon of fake news and its effects in the legal field with regard to civil liability. The objective was to understand the aspects that involve the theme and identify how Digital Education can act as a way of acting for Civil Liability in these cases. For this, the text addresses the fundamental right to freedom of expression and its relevance in conflicts involving false news, the types of civil liability and its functions in our legal system, damage and its configuration in the digital environment. After this analysis, it was possible to identify that digital education can act as a way to prevent the damage caused by Fake News, being a preventive action of Civil Liability. It is a reflection of a problem that is still recent and, therefore, without any pretension of conclusive answers.