
Amazon tribe sues New York Times over story it says led to porn addict claims
created: May 23, 2025, 10:49 a.m. | updated: May 24, 2025, 4:16 p.m.
Amazon tribe sues New York Times over story it says led to porn addict claimsThe NYT story fuelled "a global media storm" about the tribe, plaintiffs sayThe NYT said its report did not say any of the tribe's members were addicted to porn.
The lawsuit also named TMZ and Yahoo as defendants, and said their news stories "mocked their youth" and "misrepresented their traditions".
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 lawsuit claims other news outlets sensationalised the NYT's report, including a headline from TMZ referencing porn addiction.
The response led the NYT to run a follow-up report around a week after its original story, with the headline: "No, A Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn".
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