Post #268

Stop Exploiting Children! The ghosts of artisanal mine deaths continue to haunt Apple 🌐 International human rights advocates have filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia against Apple for using conflict cobalt, tin, tantalum, and tungsten from the DRC. Apple is once again being accused of links to mines controlled by armed groups and to sites where adults and children work in dangerous conditions. ⏩ This case adds to several earlier legal attempts to hold Apple accountable for mineral extraction in Congo: 🔸In 2019, the same group filed a lawsuit in Washington on behalf of families of children who were killed or injured in cobalt mines, accusing Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Dell, and Tesla of facilitating forced child labour in the cobalt trade. 🔸 In December 2024, the Congolese government filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium at once, accusing Apple subsidiaries of laundering so-called “blood minerals” from conflict zones in eastern Congo. Unfortunately, so far the only real result of these efforts is overtime work for the American giant’s PR managers. Indeed, few courts have the courage to take on such a powerful company. Devils Below