US EditionAmazon tribe sues New York Times over story it says led to porn addict claims
- In May 2025, the Marubo Tribe, a community of around 2,000 Indigenous people from the Javari Valley rainforest, filed a defamation lawsuit in Los Angeles against The New York Times, TMZ, and Yahoo, accusing them of misrepresenting the tribe following their introduction to the internet.
- The lawsuit arose after a June 2024 New York Times story about the tribe's adoption of Elon Musk's Starlink internet portrayed them as unable to handle internet exposure and highlighted youth consumption of pornography.
- The suit claims TMZ and Yahoo sensationalized the Times' report, including a TMZ video showing leaders setting up antennas and falsely portraying the tribe as undergoing moral collapse fueled by explicit material.
- The tribe seeks at least $180 million in general and punitive damages, arguing the coverage caused humiliation, destroyed lives, and damaged culturally significant projects while ignoring the positive effects of internet access.
- The New York Times stated the original article offered a nuanced exploration of technology's benefits and challenges in a remote Indigenous village and said it will vigorously defend the lawsuit.
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New York Times Charges for Claiming that the Internet Has Lured Amazon Tribes Into Pornography
The Marubo tribe in the Amazon has sued a famous media outlet over an article suggesting that the introduction of the internet has led to their youth becoming addicted to pornography.
·Belgrade, Serbia
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Brazil Tribe Sues New York Times For Calling Them 'Porn Addicts' In Report
The report mentioned that nine months after the Marubo tribe got internet through Starlink, its teenagers were spending too much time on phones, playing violent video games, watching pornography.
·New Delhi, India
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