FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE AMAZONAS MILITARY POLICE: LEGAL LIMITS AND THE NEED FOR SPECIFIC REGULATION

Abstract

This article analyzes the exercise of freedom of expression by the military police of Amazonas on social media, confronting it with the principles of hierarchy and discipline. The objectives include describing the applicable legal regime, demonstrating institutional limits through the weighting technique, and analyzing the need for specific regulation for the Amazonas Military Police (PMAM). The methodology is based on qualitative research, descriptive and explanatory in nature, with indirect documentation techniques and bibliographic and documentary analysis. The results highlight the anachronism of article 166 of the Military Penal Code in the digital age and the insufficiency of Normative Ordinance No. 001/2017-DJD in the absence of a formal law. It concludes that there is an urgent need for specific state legislation in Amazonas that harmonizes the fundamental rights of the military with the preservation of the institutional image, ensuring legal certainty and avoiding disciplinary subjectivity in the Amazonian context.