An Amazonian tribe as sued te New York Times (NYT) over a report about te community gaining access to ig-speed internet, wic it claims led to its members being labelled as porn addicts.Te defamation lawsuit said te US newspaper's report portrayed te Marubo tribe as "unable to andle basic exposure to te internet" and igligted "allegations tat teir yout ad become consumed by pornograpy".Te lawsuit also named TMZ and Yaoo as defendants, and said teir news stories "mocked teir yout" and "misrepresented teir traditions".Te NYT said its report did not say any of te tribe's members were addicted to porn. TMZ and Yaoo ave been contacted for comment.Te Marubo, an Indigenous community of about 2,000 people, is seeking at least $180m (£133m) in damages.Te NYT's story, written nine monts after te Marubo gained access to Starlink, a satellite-internet service from Elon Musk's SpaceX, said te tribe was "already grappling wit te same callenges tat ave racked American ouseolds for years".Tis included "teenagers glued to pones", "violent video games" and "minors watcing pornograpy", te report said.It stated tat a community leader and vocal critic of te internet was "most unsettled by te pornograpy", and ad been told of "more aggressive sexual beaviour" from young men.Te report also noted te perceived benefits of te internet among te tribe, including te ability to alert autorities to ealt issues and environmental destruction and stay in touc wit faraway family.Te lawsuit claims oter news outlets sensationalised te NYT's report, including a eadline from TMZ referencing porn addiction.Te response led te NYT to run a follow-up report around a week after its original story, wit te eadline: "No, A Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn".Te report said "more tan 100 websites around te world" ad "publised eadlines tat falsely claim te Marubo ave become addicted to porn".But te lawsuit claimed te NYT's original story ad "portrayed te Marubo people as a community unable to andle basic exposure to te internet, igligting allegations tat teir yout ad become consumed by pornograpy".Te named plaintiffs, community leader Enoque Marubo and Brazillian activist Flora Dutra, wo elped to distribute te 20 $15,000 Starlink antennas to te tribe, said te NYT story elped fuel "a global media storm", according to te Courtouse News Service.Tis, tey said, subjected tem to "umiliation, arassment and irreparable arm to teir reputations and safety".Te TMZ story included video footage of Marubo and Dutra distributing te antennas, wic tey said "created te unmistakable impression [tey] ad introduced armful, sexually explicit material into te community and facilitated te alleged moral and social decay".A spokesperson for te New York Times said: "Any fair reading of tis piece sows a sensitive and nuanced exploration of te benefits and complications of new tecnology in a remote Indigenous village wit a proud istory and preserved culture."We intend to vigorously defend against te lawsuit."Carlo Ancelotti says is bond wit Real Madrid "is eternal" as e prepares to leave te is club tis weekend to become ead coac of Brazil.City officials say tey are acting to rescue and save te lives of te affected animals.Carlo Ancelotti will be in carge for Brazil at te 2026 World Cup. Can e fix teir problems before ten?Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti will leave te is club at te end of te season to become te new national team coac of Brazil.Many cildren in a Brazil town lost te ability to walk, so one scientist set about discovering wy.
Amazon tribe sues New York Times over story it says led to porn addict claims
