Amazonian tribe that received Starlink satellite internet sues The New York Times, TMZ, and Yahoo for $180M over defamation and more, claiming a viral 2024 NYT story smeared members as porn addicts.

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• brot@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Going from “having no internet” to “doing international lawsuits” is quite a journey

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, international lawsuits existed long before the internet but I read you.

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  • slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Neolib capitalism speedrun

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  • FenrirIII@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They probably got a lot of emails from lawyers drumming up a case

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• MuskyMelon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would say that porn is less damaging than social media at this point.

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  • Jerkface@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m having a harder and harder time telling them apart.

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    • essell@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m having a harder and harder time

      What social media are you on?

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    • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think it was on a podcast or something, but someone somewhere once said that people/aliens in the future might look back on our civilisation and assume so much about us from social media bots. They might think that we go around greeting each other going “Link in bio” like Vulcans say “Live long and prosper”.

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• otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Even if they used it for porn right after they got it, who cares? Does it provide other benefits? Then it DOESN’T MATTER.

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  • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It wouldn’t matter if the whole tribe only got internet to goon. Good for them. They can do what they want

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  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    who cares

    The one elder quoted in the original NYT article does. Which is why it was reported. The NYT article wasn’t salacious but once TMZ got 'hold of it, well.

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  • isekaihero@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean I’ve seen pictures of tribal people and their gene pool is a bit limited. They generally aren’t very good looking. Imagine only seeing ugly people your entire life, never receiving a K12 education, never visiting a library, never having TV or internet. All you know is your tribe. Then someone gives you a computer and shows you porn stars. I mean yeah, you would be cooming. It would be like that meme of Randy in South Park.

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• tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They seem to be adapting to modern society pretty well.

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• datavoid@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Silly gooners

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• Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  While I knew since last year the the story was fake (and I had random people mention it to me on online games when they learned I was Brazilian), I’m also skeptical that this story alone was all it needed to kill that guy’s company.

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• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have no idea why they think that big titties I mean a porn addiction are smear worthy.

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• F_OFF_Reddit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wasn’t there a standard before that got superseded or derogated by some other new law basically allowing this… you can lie with no consequences in your articles and news? and I’m talking about the US back in the 90’s I believe

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• angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  More evidence that the panic about porn addiction is a psyop.

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• sircac@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not to mention that plan and engagement of the NYT story is purely based on writers and potential readers relating to such fact in the first time, behave as if it is something worth of mentioning in a new borders hypocrisy…

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• DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wonder if Musk will be saying anything about it.

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