{"id":70617,"date":"2024-06-11T17:59:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T17:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/11\/no-a-remote-amazon-tribe-did-not-get-addicted-to-porn\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T17:59:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T17:59:14","slug":"no-a-remote-amazon-tribe-did-not-get-addicted-to-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/11\/no-a-remote-amazon-tribe-did-not-get-addicted-to-porn\/","title":{"rendered":"No, a Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/11\/multimedia\/00brazil-tribe-01-bfcw\/00brazil-tribe-01-bfcw-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"No, a Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn\" title=\"No, a Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In April, I hiked more than 50 miles through the Amazon rainforest to visit the remote villages of the Marubo people. The 2,000-member tribe had recently received high-speed internet, and I wanted to understand how it had affected their lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During a weeklong visit, I saw how they used the internet to communicate between villages, chat with faraway loved ones and call for help in emergencies. Many Marubo also told me they were deeply concerned that the connection with the outside world would upend their culture, which they had preserved for generations by living deep in the forest. Some elders complained of teenagers glued to phones, group chats full of gossip and minors who watched pornography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As a result, the story we published June 2 was in part about the Marubo people\u2019s introduction to the ills of the internet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But after publication, that angle took on a whole different dimension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over the past week, more than 100 websites around the world have published headlines that falsely claim the Marubo have become addicted to porn. Alongside those headlines, the sites published images of the Marubo people in their villages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The New York Post was among the first, saying last week that the Marubo people was \u201chooked on porn.\u201d Dozens quickly followed that take. TMZ\u2019s headline was perhaps the most blunt: \u201cTRIBE\u2019S STARLINK HOOKUP RESULTS IN PORN ADDICTION!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Post and TMZ did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Similar headlines proliferated across the world, including in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Nigeria, Mexico and Chile. RT, Russia\u2019s state media outlet, published the claim in Arabic. There were countless videos, memes and social media posts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Brazil, the rumor spread fast, including in the small Amazonian cities where some Marubo now live, work and study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Marubo people are not addicted to pornography. There was no hint of this in the forest, and there was no suggestion of it in The New York Times\u2019s article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Instead, the article mentioned a complaint from one Marubo leader that some Marubo minors had shared pornography in WhatsApp group chats. This was especially concerning, he said, because Marubo culture frowns upon even kissing in public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many of the sites that distorted this detail are news aggregators, meaning their business model is largely designed around repackaging the reporting of other news organizations, with often sensationalist headlines to sell ads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Because these sites also link to the original reporting, they are generally legally protected, even if they misrepresent the material.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By now, these sorts of sites and misleading headlines are just another part of the internet economy. To an informed internet user, their tactics are familiar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For the Marubo, however, the experience was bewildering and infuriating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThese claims are unfounded, untrue and reflect a prejudiced ideological current that disrespects our autonomy and identity,\u201d Enoque Marubo, the Marubo leader who brought Starlink to his tribe\u2019s villages, said in a video posted online Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Times article had overemphasized the negatives of the internet, he said, \u201cresulting in the spread of a distorted and damaging picture.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Alfredo Marubo (all Marubo use the same last name), the leader who said in the Times article that he was concerned about pornography, released a statement Tuesday from his tribal association saying that the misleading headlines \u201chave the potential to cause irreversible damage to people\u2019s image, and therefore we feel exposed in the face of this misinterpretation of the accurate reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Eliseo Marubo, a lawyer and Indigenous rights activist, has become one of the most public faces of the Marubo tribe. So when the headlines went viral, Eliseo said he had tens of thousands of notifications of messages and tags in comments on social networks. Many mocked the Marubo people, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Eliseo said the article had raised an important debate about the sudden arrival of high-speed internet to remote Indigenous groups \u2014 and its promise. But the resulting misinformation had also illustrated the internet\u2019s perils.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe internet brings a lot of advantages,\u201d he said, \u201cbut it also bring a lot of challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/11\/world\/americas\/no-a-remote-amazon-tribe-did-not-get-addicted-to-porn.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April, I hiked more than 50 miles through the Amazon rainforest to visit the remote villages of the Marubo people. The 2,000-member tribe had recently received high-speed internet, and I wanted to understand how it had affected their lives. 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