THE RIGHT TO FORGET AND THE FREEDOM TO INFORM IN THE AGE OF OVERINFORMATION: EMBLEMATIC CASES

Abstract

Society lives in the era of super information in the face of vast advances in technology. In this context, the right to be forgotten is inserted in the face of individual intimacy and privacy. The first advocates that acts carried out in the past cannot be echoed forever through the media, which conflicts with the right to information and communicative freedoms that determine access and dissemination of data. The present study aimed to show the applicability of the right to be forgotten in Brazil from the perspective of fundamental rights in emblematic cases of the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) and the recent decision of the Federal Supreme Court on Extraordinary Appeal N° 1,010,606/RJ. Its methodological procedure was bibliographical research through legislation, doctrines and judgments relating to the topic in question. The aim of the research is to ensure a better understanding of the practical use of the right to be forgotten and the legal limits of the press and social media.