An Amazonian tribe has sued the New York Times (NYT) over a report about the community gaining access to high-speed internet, which it claims led to its members being labelled as porn addicts.The defamation lawsuit said the US newspaper’s report portrayed the Marubo tribe as “unable to handle basic exposure to the internet” and highlighted “allegations that their youth had become consumed by pornography”. O processo também nomeou a TMZ e o Yahoo porquê réus e disse que suas notícias “zombavam da juventude” e “deturpavam suas tradições”. O NYT disse que seu relatório não disse que nenhum dos membros da tribo era viciado em pornografia. TMZ and Yahoo have been contacted for comment.The Marubo, an Indigenous community of about 2,000 people, is seeking at least $180m (£133m) in damages.The NYT’s story, written nine months after the Marubo gained access to Starlink, a satellite-internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, said the tribe was “already grappling with the same challenges that have racked American households for anos “. Isso incluiu” adolescentes colados em telefones “,” videogames violentos “e” menores assistindo pornografia “, disse o relatório. toque com uma família distante. O processo reivindica outros meios de notícia sensacionalizados o relatório do NYT, incluindo uma manchete da TMZ referenciando o vício pornô. A resposta levou o NYT a realizar um relatório de seguimento muro de uma semana em seguida sua história original, com a manchete: “Não, uma tribo remota da Amazon não ficou viciada em pornografia”. O relatório disse que “mais de 100 sites em todo o mundo” tinham “os manchetes que os manchetes reivindicam que o Marubo se tornaram viciados em pornografia”. to the internet, highlighting allegations that their youth had become consumed by pornography”.The named plaintiffs, community leader Enoque Marubo and Brazillian activist Flora Dutra, who helped to distribute the 20 $15,000 Starlink antennas to the tribe, said the NYT story helped fuel “a global media storm”, according to the Courthouse News Service.This, they said, subjected them to “humiliation, harassment and irreparable harm to suas reputações e segurança “. The TMZ story included video footage of Marubo and Dutra distributing the antennas, which they said “created the unmistakable impression (they) had introduced harmful, sexually explicit material into the community and facilitated the alleged moral and social decay”.A spokesperson for the New York Times said: “Any fair reading of this piece shows a sensitive and nuanced exploration of the benefits and complications of new technology in a remote Indigenous village with a proud história e cultura preservada.

[ad_2]