O inefetivo tratamento do cyberbullying no Brasil: a busca de mecanismos eficazes de combate

Abstract

The main goal of this article is to demonstrate what Cyberbulling ist, based on the concepts and characteristics established by the Law number 13.185 on 6th of November of 2015, sanctioned by Dilma Roussef, then president, and how it is fought, through the light of the instituted instruments by the Program of Combat to the Sistematic Intimidation (Bullying). Even though the forementioned law configures an unmistakable milestone in the fight against bullying and cyberbullying, it is a rule still unknown by most part of the population, especially for leaving room to ambiguous interpretation and not providing punishment to those who practice Cyberbullying and those who watch it without doing anything to make it stop. Besides there isn’t a widespread disclosure of this law. Even though there is a normative treatment for Cyberbullying it is as if there isn’t, because it’s uneffective. Another relevant factor is that in Brazil Cyberbullying isn’t typfied as a crime, differently of what happens in other countries. That being, this article looks for a reflection about this theme, also aiming to fomente the discussion in favor of a more effective treatment in the combat to this violation to a person’s dignity, with the creation of new fighting mechanisms against bullying, that aim the preservation of that human value.