Analysis
Jean Pormanove, or JP, was a Former French military man who became known for his humor videos. The good disclaiming, however, became humiliation and aggression when he met Other influencers, especially Naruto and Safine, who found that the ‘unnerved’ influenced greater audience. JP died after 12 consecutive days of aggression and challenges live.
There are over 50 million online influencers, many without limits to reach as many followers as possible and ensure more audience in your videos. But what moves them?
Tito de Morais, co -founder of the project ‘clinging to the net’ states that there are “several factors”, the financial factor being one of them, but not the only one.
“A Validation before third partiesthe fact that they are designated ‘influencers’, as references many times to thousands of people, “or even millions, depending on the type of content, are some of the reasons” that lead people to practice these acts“.
The online security expert of children and youth recalls that the “algorithm is done” also to highlight content “fractured and controversial“. Also the” number of likes and followers is a validation measure “for young people.
Already Tânia Gaspar, psychologist, analyzes the theme pointing that many of these people, the ‘influencers’, have “Difficulties at the level of their own mental health And they have a hard time measuring, or evaluating, and having empathy and recognizing the consequences of what they are doing. ”
In addition, these contents are not regulated is also a gap that needs to be resolved given the size and scope they reach.
“On the one hand we have the people who publish them, it would be interesting study the mental health of people who publicationsbut on the other hand we have the people who watch. What happens – for example, in that – It is that, often, they are the most disadvantaged people, either for economic reasons and for the sake of literacy, that They end up becoming more affected“, tells Tânia Gaspar.
In terms of law, Patrícia Santos Ferreira, lawyer, considers that the information and content placed on the internet is “uncontrolled“And in this context, they always arise”underlying crimes to this dissemination [descontrolada]”whose origin is not always easy to identify.
“There is a certain impunity in the midst of this Because if you’re on a server [do país] It is very difficult to see where it comes from [o conteúdo]”, points the lawyer.
