governança na internet: um estudo de caso do marco civil da internet

Internet policy framing in emerging economies: a case study of Marco Civil da Internet, a Brazilian Law for

Internet Governance Soraia Herrador Costa Lima de Souza

soraia.souza@usp.br@soraialima

GigaNet 2016Guadalajara, MX

Introduction

Introduction

• April 23, 2014: Law 12,965 - known in Brazil as the Marco Civilof Internet.

• It is a law that establishes the principles, guarantees, rights andduties of Internet users in the country and was builtcollaboratively between the Federal Government and societythrough the use of the digital environment as a platform fordebate.

Introduction

• May, 2015: promulgation of the Law

• September, 2015: regulation of the Law

• January and February, 2016: debate about the regulation

• Last analysis: July, 2016.

The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in

the Establishment of a Democratic Environment

The Marco Civil da Internet:collaborative tools for debate

The Marco Civil da Internet:collaborative tools for debate

• e-Democracia

• Cultura Digital

• Debate Público

The Marco Civil da Internet:collaborative tools for debate• Law 12,965

• Main parameters for Internet use, rights and duties (users, connection service providers and apps).

• Four aspects:

• Net neutrality

• Freedom of speech

• Privacy

• Providers’ obligation

The Marco Civil da Internet:collaborative tools for debate

• February - May 2016:

• 339 schedules

• 1.109 comments

• Netvizz - Facebook

• Gephi

The Marco Civil da Internet:collaborative tools for debate

• Date of the last analysis: July 20, 2016. Date of the last post: May 12, 2016.

2015 2016

Posts 284 70

Links 940 344

Comments 2,645 844

The Marco Civil da Internet:collaborative tools for debate

• Weak links - low diversity in relationships

• Unique interactions (63% - 2015; 53,14% - 2016)

• Kimura et. al (2011): Support or rejection of an idea in a social network needs stimulation.

Figure 1 - Graph obtained from the data collected from Fanpage the Ministry of Justice in 2015. (Source: SOUZA, 2016)

Figure 2 - Graph obtained from the collected data Fanpage the Ministry of Justice from January to July 2016. (Source: SOUZA, 2016)

Final considerations

Thank youSoraia Herrador Costa Lima de Souza

soraia.souza@usp.br@soraialima