A responsabilidade civil por danos morais por discriminação racial nas redes sociais.

Abstract

This paper aims to study the application of Civil Responsibility Institute regarding racial discrimination externalized through publications on Social Networks, explaining about the responsibility of who practice the illegal act, so as the provider responsible for the content available on the network, to compensate the victim for moral damages, considering their right to complain. Also, it is noticed in this study some appointments about the origin of racial discrimination in Brazil and comment around the social networks as a virtual environment that is configured as an extension of social relationships in reality, afford, the actual legislation, embrace the virtual world, filling gaps in the absence of specific law. For this, it was necessary bibliographic research, using doctrine, relevant legislation to the points discussed, so as decision of Major Courts about Civil Responsibility for damages to personal rights, having as approach method the deductive, and regarding the procedure, were used the bibliographic, historic and legal methods. What emerges from the research is the importance of Civil Responsibility, both from agent and the provider, if it is possible, in reparation and avoidance of offensive publications in social networks, especially when it comes to racial discrimination, which violates personal rights and, consequently, the human dignity, affecting not only the victim, but the group to which it belongs.