A REMOTE tribe in the Amazon rainforest are now addicted to watching porn and scrolling social media sites after getting internet access through Elon Musk's Starlink satellites.
Locals of the Marubo people, who continue to live in scattered settlements alongside the Itui River in Brazil, are also increasingly falling for online scams.
Elon Musk gave internet access to the local people to support them in their daily lives - and the tribesmen were quick to realise the true power of the internet.
Urgent medical help - including choppers capable of airlifting - could now reach them almost instantly, something that previously took days.
Locals were also quick to discover they could now get in touch with their friends and family in no time through social media.
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However, just days after they were introduced to the powers of the mighty internet, major troubles began that the locals were previously unaware of.
Leaders of the Marubo now say that people in their community are increasingly becoming lazy and are always stuck to phones.
They say young people have got hooked on porn as well as doom scrolling on social media sites such as Instagram.
Enoque Marubo, 40, told reporters from the New York Times how access to the Web has forced the tribe to change and transform drastically.
He said: "It changed the routine so much that it was detrimental. In the village, if you don't hunt, fish and plant, you don't eat."
Another member of the tribe Alfredo Marubo revealed how the sudden exposure to pornography sparked a worrying sexual behaviour among the locals - especially young men and women.
They also began sharing obscene images scenes and explicit videos in the group chats, Alfredo added.
TamaSay Marubo, the first leader of the tribe, said the internet has now caused the people in her community to be lazy.
She said: "When [internet] arrived, everyone was happy. But now, things have gotten worse.
“Young people have gotten lazy because of the internet.
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"They’re learning the ways of the white people."
Elon Musk's Starlink was made available in Brazil in 2022, seven years after being launched initially.
However, the groundbreaking internet technology could only reach the remote areas of the Amazon rainforest - and Marubo - in April this year.
Enoque, who got the chance to travel to big cities and see the modern way of life, believed that the internet could massively help the remote areas of his tribal community - especially with emergency services.
He contacted several activists in Brazil who work for the development of the Amazon rainforest and was able to secure 20 Starlink units from American philanthropist Allyson Reneau.
While the local tribal community spoke about the downsides of the internet, many of them - including the ones who complained - admitted that now they have tasted the power of the internet, they cannot live without it.
"I think the internet will bring us much more benefit than harm," Enoque said.
"The leaders have been clear. We can't live without the internet."
While TamaSay quickly added: "Please don't take our internet away."
