Padrões de design deceptivos e a hipervulnerabilidade digital estrutural de crianças, adolescentes e do núcleo familiar quanto aos jogos eletrônicos online na sociedade contemporânea de consumo

Abstract

The research is developed in the Area of Concentration in Social Rights, follows the line of research "Law and Social Vulnerability" and addresses the structural digital hypervulnerability of children, adolescents and the family core with regard to the use of deceptive design patterns in online video games in the context of contemporary society. The following formulation is pointed out as a research problem: how do deceptive design patterns, in the context of contemporary society, impact the digital hypervulnerability of children, adolescents and the family core in relation to online electronic games? In turn, the overall goal is to define how deceptive design patterns impact the digital hypervulnerability of children, adolescents and the family nucleus in the context of online video games. As specific objectives we sought to demonstrate the hypervulnerability of children, adolescents and the family core in consumer relations, contextualize the new digital vulnerability in consumer relations and present their categories and, finally, establish the relationship between deceptive design patterns and structural digital hypervulnerability by design of children, adolescents and the family core in online games. The qualitative approach will be adopted and the research will be developed with the aid of the deductive method through bibliographic and documentary research, using as techniques the literature review based on the specialized literature, from an interdisciplinary point of view, and document analysis through a systematic understanding of existing regulations both nationally and internationally, emphasizing in this aspect the importance of the approval of Bills nº 3,514/2015 and 2,628/2022. The study reveals the recurrent practice of deceptive design patterns in online video games, which demonstrates the structural digital hypervulnerability by design of children, adolescents and the family core. This occurs for offense to the right of the consumer to adequate and clear information about the products and services that they acquire or contract leading to material and psychological damages that cause effects on all members of the family.