Remote Amazon Tribe Finally Gets Internet, Gets Hooked on Porn and Social Media

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"We can't live without the internet."A remote tribe in the Amazon rainforest is getting to experience the wonders of the internet for the first time, thanks to Elon Musk's satellite network

"When it arrived, everyone was happy," said Tsainama Marubo, 73. "But now, things have gotten worse." Now, some in the tribe fear that the internet poses an existential threat to their culture. Young people kill time by fiddling with their smartphones instead of socializing the old-fashioned way, isolating them from their elders. By being exposed to the outside world, some of the teenagers now dream of exploring it. Alfredo fears that this could mean the tribe's culture and history, which has been passed down orally, could be lost..

 

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