Furious is an isolated race of Amazon With the New York Times (NYT), when they reported in their reports that community access to the internet led to being addicted to porn.
According to a lawsuit filed for defamation, The New York Times report presented the MARUBO tribe as “unable to manage the basic exposure to the internet” And he highlighted “claims that their youth had been absorbed by pornography”.
Natives argue that with the article, which was broadcast by infinite media from around the world, “They are mocking their youth” and “falsified their traditions” and is now seeking compensation of at least $ 180 million.
NYTs stated on their part, that Their report did not say that any of the members of the tribe was addicted to porn.
NYT’s story, written nine months after Marubo acquired Access to Starlink, a Satellite Internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX. “OR 2,000 -member MARUBO race In the Amazon in Brazil, it has been divided by the arrival of Starlink service of the founder of Tesla before nine monthswhich first linked the remote community of the rainforest along the ITUí river with the internet, “the report notes.
“… Many young men of the race share porn videos in group talks and has already noticed more “aggressive sexual behavior ”“, Told NYT an elderly man of the race.
The plaintiffs, the leader of the ENOQUE MARUBO community and the Brazilian activist Flora Dutra, who helped distribute 20 starlink antennas worth $ 15,000 in the race, said NYT’s story helped to feed “a worldwide storm in the media”.
This, they said, submitted them to “humiliation, harassment and irreparable damage to their reputation and safety”.
The story included videos with Marubo and Dutra distributing the antennas, which, as they said, “created the unmistakable impression that [οι ίδιοι] They had introduced harmful, sexually clear material to the community and facilitated the supposed moral and social decline. “
“Any fair reading of this article shows a sensitive and subtle investigation of the advantages and complications of new technology in a remote village of natives with proud history and preserved culture.
“We intend to strongly defend the lawsuit.”