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WhiteHat Jr’s founder files $2.6M defamation suit against critic

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Post by Ayush_Agrawal »

ankit219 wrote: post #51
kowlo wrote: post #18

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Sounds terrible. How are his accounts being taken down?

WhiteHat Jr. abuses the DMCA and copyright policies to take down accounts and content. There was this article [1] where they detailed it really well (its a long article and requires login) > It seems that fairly early on, WhiteHat Jr figured out that it can create temporary nuisance for everyone by reporting their video as a copyright or trademark infringement. Which is why after say, 15-30 days, several of Poonia’s…

The videos were reinstated thanks to coverage by Forbes on the issue.

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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

villgax wrote: post #247
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #185

if push comes to shove, i will contribute for this guys legal defense. who else is in?

r/India & me too

I am not one for activism. See my name for clues but this guy is doing an honorable job. If i want to call someone a hero, this guy would be it.

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Post by anovikov »

pc86 wrote: post #207
anovikov wrote: post #126

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Being European, that almost reminded me of the good old Soviet joke about Mukhosransk :D

Care to share?

It's hardly translatable, essentially boils down to "i want to live in Europe like that, too".

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Post by WebDanube »

helmholtz wrote: post #102
pulkitsh1234 wrote: post #59

I have had my personal stint with trying to "expose" an Indian startup (I am an Indian), also coding related which gained some traction on LinkedIn (around 500+ reactions, if they mean anything). This guy is in serious danger, trust me. I had to delete my linkedin post when my ex-manager called me to delete it otherwise the startup's employees will go crazy and try every which way to make my life hell. Unfortunately,…

I'm an Indian abroad. Do it. Come here to Europe. The baseline level of self-awareness in people here is off the scale when you compare it to the typical Indian. People actually queue, instead of creating a melee at every counter. You're never worrying about people cutting you in lines. Cars stop at zebra crossings to let pedestrians cross. No one honks! They nod and smile "bonjour!" as they cross you on the street.…

Your comment was soul-soothing.

As a 24-yr-old looking to emigrate within the next year or so, I couldn't agree more with your take.

I feel India as a country (I know I'm homogenizing India; but I feel exceptions are rare, if any) has decayed to a point where there's pretty much no hope left for folks with progressive views looking to lead a life (especially one with intellectual pursuits) on their own terms instead of conforming to incredibly regressive stuff that an overbearing "society" constantly howls into your ears with a bullhorn.

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Post by rishav_sharan »

jiggytom wrote: post #240
renewiltord wrote: post #175

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They just DMCA'd them. Lbry then changed the listing. You can go get everything from the blockchain if you put in the work. They just made it so you have to put in the work. This is usually the case with most of these censorship resistant things. They have to comply with the law so they can never live up to the dream.

That is correct, we got a valid looking DMCA that was later disputed by the channel owner. It was unblocked. Then today, he deleted the channel and I haven't heard from him otherwise, so I'm not sure what's up.

Maybe he got frustrated with even LBRY being DMCAed. I know I would.

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Post by WebDanube »

pc86 wrote: post #207
anovikov wrote: post #126

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Being European, that almost reminded me of the good old Soviet joke about Mukhosransk :D

Care to share?

A simple Google search pointed me to this blog post -- http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2019/04/mukhosransk-rus...

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Post by fakedang »

eunos wrote: post #249
fakedang wrote: post #245

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Isn't Shah Rukh Khan an investor too in Byju's? Edit: just a brand ambassador. He's still complicit in misleading millions of Indian kids. Edit2: the techcrunch article shows a picture of Karan Bajaj (WhiteHatJr founder) with Baba Ramdev, so it's very possible that they have political backing. I'll take the Chinese Baijiu over Byju's any day.

Pretty sure that Shah Rukh Khan doesn't really understand it beyond "it's an emerging edtech"

Yeah, and that kind of brand unawareness from ambassadors should not be tolerated.

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Post by jugad »

aydwi wrote: post #186
ra7 wrote: post #136

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It’s used by nearly everyone, not just babus. The memes in fact originate from engineers in India interacting with their international colleagues. In any case, it’s not something worth getting upset about.

I'm genuinely curious as to how do you determine what is something worth getting upset about, when you are not the one who is upset.

Not the poster, but when I actively think about it, I use common sense, ask for clarification, use some imagination, and a reasonable margin of error (imo). Then I try to judge the situation/reaction.

Without that, the word overreaction is meaningless.

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