O exercício da profissão de jornalista em tempos de desinformação, nos termos do julgamento do Recurso Extraordinário nº 511.961/SP

Abstract

Freedom of the press is guaranteed in article 19 of the Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations, and is protected by the Federal Constitution of 1988. In this context, this article aims to analyze who can be considered a journalist in Brazil, after the judgment, by the Federal Supreme Court, of Extraordinary Appeal No. 511,961, which decided that, to carry out such work, a university degree is not necessary. To this end, first, an analysis will be made of the importance of press freedom in Brazil, the reason for its protection, then, analyzing the aspects of the aforementioned judgment handed down by the highest Brazilian court of Justice and, then, analyzing the pros and cons of its effectiveness, in particular, with the advent of misinformation on social networks. The methodology applied is bibliographic review and documentary search. The result achieved is worrying, as people who have no professional ethics can now rely on the protection of press freedom to act on social media, spreading disinformation en masse.