The National Television Council (CNTV) published on Tuesday the results of a survey on television and human rights. The agency revealed that 53% of respondents believe it is “essential” that the law restrict hate speech in the media.
In the survey, the CNTV indicated that some countries have “regulations aimed at restricting the circulation of hate speech in the media.” When asked “which of the following statements best represents your opinion on this topic?”, 53% answered “essential. These speeches are NOT acceptable.”
In turn, 23.5% said that these regulations are “necessary, but balancing them with freedom of expression”, while 23.6% pointed out that they are “unnecessary. There should be no regulation of speech.”
On the other hand, when asked “do you think that television should broadcast programs that
contribute to the exercise of and respect for human rights?”, 68 per cent answered affirmatively; 3% said they don’t know, and 29% said they don’t.
For the preparation of the survey, the CNTV sent an email to a total of 23,321 people – who have made complaints to the agency – and received 2,541 responses, representing a rate of 11%. The fieldwork was carried out between Friday, November 25 and Monday, December 5.
“The sample in this study is not probabilistic and therefore represents only the opinion of those who decided to answer the query. It is not possible to make inferences about the total population from these data,” the CNTV said in the study.
Affected groups
The CNTV presented in the survey 10 groups “historically discriminated against”. The agency asked which of them were presented as favored, harmed, or neither favored nor harmed, by free-to-air TV.
48.5% of respondents indicated that free-to-air TV shows indigenous peoples as a disadvantaged group. It is followed by people living in poverty (47.9%), older adults (45.2%), people with disabilities (38.4%) and sexual diversity (37.3%).
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