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UltraMagnus0001, in Billionaire has never heard of the Streisand effect.

An Indian venture capitalist is mounting an international legal campaign to pressure major media outlets to remove his name from articles or take down the stories altogether, Confider has learned.

In a move that has press freedom campaigners troubled, Rajat Khare, co-founder of Appin, an India-based tech company, has used a variety of law firms in a number of different jurisdictions to threaten these U.S., British, Swiss, Indian, and French-language media organizations.

On Nov. 16, Reuters published a special investigation under the headline “How an Indian startup hacked the world,” detailing how Appin allegedly became a “hack for hire powerhouse that stole secrets from executives, politicians, military officials and wealthy elites around the globe”—a claim that Khare strongly denies. Khare retained the powerhouse “media assassin” firm Clare Locke LLP, which boasts on its website about “killing stories,” to send Reuters several legal threats over the past year about the story, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Reuters was then forced to pull the article following a Dec. 4 order from a New Delhi, India, court ruling that the article was prima facie “indicative of defamation,” according to a copy of the order obtained and reviewed by Confider. In a brief editor’s note replacing the article, Reuters wrote that it is appealing the decision and stands by its reporting, which “was based on interviews with hundreds of people, thousands of documents, and research from several cybersecurity firms.”


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This is not the first time Khare has flexed his legal muscles and managed to threaten reporters into removing his name from stories about the hack-for-hire industry.

Across the pond, Khare had his name removed from a joint investigation between The Sunday Times and the nonprofit Bureau of Investigative Journalism, titled, “Caught on camera: confessions of the hackers for hire.” Three paragraphs that reported on Khare were removed from both publications following legal threats on his behalf, according to two people familiar with the situation. Luxembourg-based Paperjam, a French-language business news outlet, dramatically altered its story “after discussions with Mr. Khare’s advisors,” removing references to his alleged links to cyber-mercenary activity. Like what you’re reading? Subscribe to the Confider newsletter here and have The Daily Beast media team’s stellar reporting sent straight to your inbox every Monday night.

In Switzerland, meanwhile, lawyers acting for Khare managed to take out an injunction that forced the Swiss Radio and Television’s investigative team (SRF Investigativ) to scrub the tech entrepreneur’s name from a story alleging that Appin assisted the Qatari government in spying on FIFA officials ahead of the 2022 World Cup. An editor’s note now added to that story reads: “On November 6, 2022, this publication was amended due to an interim court order. The name of the entrepreneur concerned has been removed from the publication.”

Clare Locke also sent legal threats on behalf of Khare to The New Yorker as the magazine worked on a story about India’s hack-for-hire industry, Semafor reported. Khare’s efforts also appear to have gotten similar stories about him killed in India-based outlets including The Times of India and The Scroll.

“Mr. Khare does not comment on legal proceedings, but he defends himself judicially in all relevant jurisdictions against any attacks that target him and illegitimately damage his reputation,” Clare Locke partner Joseph Oliveri wrote in a statement to Confider. “Mr. Khare has dedicated much of his career to the field of information technology security—that is, cyber-defense and the prevention of illicit hacking—and it is truly unfortunate that he has found himself the subject of false accusations of involvement in a ‘hack-for hire’ industry or supporting or engaging in illicit hacking or cyber activities. Those accusations are categorically false. They have been rejected by courts and regulatory bodies and debunked by experts. And Mr. Khare will not hesitate to continue to take steps to enforce his rights and protect his reputation from such false attacks.”


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While the metaphorical jury’s still out on the veracity of reports about Khare, the issue for press freedom activists is the sheer scale of his endeavor to kill stories across three continents.

“This is certainly a very concerning and very troubling series of lawsuits against the media outlets involved and we see as a global organization a growing trend of… lawsuits of this very nature to silence and censor the press including by wealthy business people,” Scott Griffen, deputy director of the International Press Institute, told Confider. “This is absolutely a huge concern worldwide and powerful business people need to be able to accept and withstand the public scrutiny that comes with that position.”

A rep for Reuters pointed Confider to their published editor’s note, while reps for The New Yorker and The Sunday Times declined to comment, and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism did not respond to a request for one.

notaviking, in It’s finger lickin shit
some_guy, in Billionaire has never heard of the Streisand effect.

He has no hackers. He does all the hacks himself. He’s fucking Neo, from the Matrix, man.

worldsayshi, in "Look at me, brother." meme template but the second guy has a face.

Shouldn’t the flag be revealed in the last pane for it to work?

Khrux,

I think the punchline is showing how obviously connected the two things are, not what the final one is.

crsu, in This is basically what drives the economy

Gift card?! why don’t you just slit my throat?

Telodzrum, in This is basically what drives the economy

The velocity of money and its effect on economies is pretty neat.

Pyr_Pressure, in This is basically what drives the economy

$75 gdp without having to do a god damn thing, and then the plastic gets tossed into a landfill.

grendel,
@grendel@lemmy.world avatar

$100-$150, they either all had to buy a card or at least one of them had to buy one for others to regift.

OneWomanCreamTeam,

But 3•25=75 Am I missing something?

Squorlple,
@Squorlple@lemmy.world avatar

I had originally meant for the meme to communicate Person A buying one $25 card for Person B and one $25 card for Person C and Persons B and C buying the same for each other and Person A simultaneously, which would be $25 * 2 * 3 = $150 spent.

However, I also figure a non-simultaneous gift exchange could occur, which engenders a couple of other scenarios:

Person A could buy one $25 card for Person B, which Person B re-gifts to Person C, who then re-re-gifts it back to Person A, which would be $25 spent.

Alternatively, Person A buys one $25 card for Person B, Person B buys one $25 card for Person C, and Person C buys one $25 card for Person A. Each person then re-gifts their card to the remaining person who has never owned the card. The three original cards are again re-gifted from their third owner back to their original owner. $25 * 3 = $75 spent.

originalucifer, (edited ) in Seriously who patrols old posts...
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

the fediverse has some side effects with regards to post timestamping. i've noticed i get old posts in the 'new' feed fairly regularly as remote instances rebroadcast stuff that might have failed. post edits seem to reset some of this timestamping also.

but its all pretty specific to whatever server app you employ (lemmy/'bins)

salvaria, in Seriously who patrols old posts...

My stupid what?

PopcornPrincess,

Yes.

don,

It says you misused it somehow. I’m not sure what you did to your stupid to misuse it, but you misused both the template and you misused your personal stupid. That’s what you gotta fix.

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

I guess “Use your stupid” can be applied the same way “Use your smarts” is.

Like if ‘Your Smarts’ refers to rationale or deductive skills, ‘Your Stupid’ could refer to the lack thereof.

generic, in Seriously who patrols old posts...
@generic@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

You’re*

OttoVonNoob,

I’m quoting him so this is perfect, he made like a speech to shit on me over nothing xD

Transcendant,

There’s some seriously sad, weird people out in the world… and the internet connects them to us.

RizzRustbolt,

Yay Technology!

Transcendant,

Tbh I don’t think humanity was ready for social media. In the past, complete and utter fuckwits would be shamed into silence. Now, they’re all connected to each other, reinforcing their shitty hot takes until they reach a critical mass; attracting other morons like a black hole of idiocy.

Forget technological singularity, we’re rapidly approach a singularity of stupidity. Idiocracy was supposed to be a comedy, not a how-to manual for fucks sake!

theforkofdamocles,

In that case, “a lot” instead of alot. I might as well put The Oatmeal’s excellent guide here.

VikingHippie,
theforkofdamocles,

Huh. That’s actually the one that sprang to mind, but all this time I thought those were the same creator. 😄

Mischala,

I personally hate it when I misuse my stupid. You must be truly mortified that this person has seen fit to suggest that you were misusing yours.

Godspeed friend.

SpaceNoodle, in Seriously who patrols old posts...

alot

your stupid

Ironic.

helios, in Your Ultimate Destination for Meetings: Sekar Hotel, Melur
@helios@social.ggbox.fr avatar

We should find this stupid hotel and leave a bad review 😆

knorke3, in Into the endless expanse with them

Let me introduce you to the magic of ✨capitalization✨

don, in Seriously who patrols old posts...

How did I misuse my stupid? Did I put it in the wrong place? Did I color my stupid incorrectly? The template I understand, but explain how the fuck I misused my own personal stupid.

PP_BOY_, in Seriously who patrols old posts...
@PP_BOY_@lemmy.world avatar

My stupid what?

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