Direito fundamental ao acesso à internet no Brasil contemporâneo a partir do campo de estudos de ciência, tecnologia e sociedade: análise normativa, considerações críticas e apontamentos para implementação

Abstract

This Master’s Dissertation, based on an analysis of conceptual definitions in the legal field, attempts to investigate the implications of establishing access to the internet as a fundamental right in contemporary Brazil. This issue arises from the combination of two concepts: that a fundamental right translates a human need, to be elevated to the category of a constitutional norm and, thus, ensured by the State; and that, in order to exercise internet access, it would be inescapable to acquire technologies from large national, international or multinational capital holders. To discuss this scenario, the interdisciplinary contribution of the field of Science, Technology and Society studies is used, which scrutinizes the consequences of the use and development of human technologies, highlighting the approaches of Critical Theory of Technology and Social Technologies. Empirical data from research on significant connectivity in the country are also presented. The methodology used is characterized as qualitative, basic, exploratory, bibliographical and documentary. Based on this panorama, it seeks to present alternatives already in use in Brazil, from a perspective linked to the pressing technological democratization of the internet, given the advanced stage of the discussion in the Brazilian National Congress and the current reality of the expanding use of digital technologies.