"After only nine months with Starlink, the Marubo are already grappling with the same challenges that have racked American households for years: teenagers glued to phones; group chats full of gossip; addictive social networks; online strangers; violent video games; scams; misinformation; and minors watching pornography."
Bringing the internet to these people is the contemporary equivalent of smallpox-infected blankets. Fuck whoever thought this would be a good idea.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/world/americas/starlink-internet-elon-musk-brazil-amazon.html
Antanicus /
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2024-06-05 09:01:54
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2024-06-05 09:01:54Event JSON
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