Tesla has sued customers and journalists in China — and won most times, review finds

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-sues-customers-journalists-china-defamation/

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/32684736

Zhang Yazhou was sitting in the passenger seat of her Tesla Model 3 when she said she heard her father's panicked voice: The brakes don't work! Approaching a red light, her father swerved around two cars before plowing into an SUV and a sedan and crashing into a large concrete barrier.

Stunned, Zhang gazed at the deflating airbag in front of her. She could never have imagined what was to come: Tesla sued her for defamation for complaining publicly about the car's brakes — and won. A Chinese court ordered Zhang to pay more than $23,000 in damages and publicly apologize to the $1.1 trillion company.

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jeena@piefed.jeena.net · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

This is what is waiting for you guys in the USA too. The Chinese say that North Korea is their future. Let's face it, China is USA's future.

amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

where can I read more about China saying NK is the future?

jeena@piefed.jeena.net · 3 pts · 1y

Not China as a country saying it, the Chinese doing it, the normal people, that was especially a topic after Covid, but they also compare it to the personality cult around Kim and Xi, and I can see the same happening around Trump. I guess you can read about it on Chinese social media if you speak the language.

I heard it from my wife and her Chinese relatives in private conversations.