A tutela póstuma do direito à vida privada : os desafios do Poder Judiciário na resolução de litígios sucessórios na transmissão Causa Mortis de perfis em plataformas digitais

Abstract

Due to recent technological advancements and the democratization of social networks with the advent of the internet, both life and its social conflicts have reached new frontiers, especially when it comes to the digital world. The rapid expansion of the so-called cyberspace brought many implications towards its users, reflecting, also, on legal relationships. The passing of an internet user is an event that now ripples into the legal world, since it is an inevitable natural legal fact. From this point on, a number of questions emerge, regarding the digital inheritance of social media profiles and its reflexes in the tangible world. Therefore, considering that the extent of the demands pertaining to this very matter is at a constant ascent in the Justice System at a global level, the present text is justified by the urge to comprehend what are the main challenges faced today by brazilian judges in the assessment of cases that speak about digital inheritance.