I’m guessing through legal threats. They know they can’t win but they have more money to waste on legal stuff than the young dude who they’re threatening. That’s my guess though and I am not a legal expert

In fact, they were bungled enough by the headline-grabbing discovery that they forced Smith to take down his Medium post and forbid him from talking to the media.

In fact, they were bungled enough by the headline-grabbing discovery that they forced Smith to take down his Medium post and forbid him from talking to the media.