Posted on 12/18/2019 9:03:44 AM PST by yesthatjallen
A lawsuit filed this week in Washington, D.C., alleges that some of the world's largest technology firms knowingly engaged in the usage of child labor in Africa's cobalt mines.
The suit was filed by nongovernmental organization International Rights Advocates and mentions Apple, Dell, Microsoft, Tesla and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, USA Today reports.
Cobalt is an essential part of rechargeable lithium batteries that power many of the electronic devices that the listed companies sell.
According to the suit, two mining companies — British company Glencore and Chinese company Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt — supplied cobalt to all of the defendants.
Because of this, the suit asserts, the named tech giants are “aiding and abetting the cruel and brutal use of young children” in the mines that are located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Is this the same Glencore that was on Saddam Hussein’s oil vouchers bribe list as “Glenco re” and was founded by Marc Rich of Clinton pardon fame?
But no mention of the automotive manufacturers who also use the same product or similarly-sourced materials? How conveniently selective.
And probably all the paperwork filed using devices that in some way included materials from those same sources.
Have you noticed liberals don’t talk much about child labor these days. I mean how can they back China and talk about it?
Ah yes, my favorite liberals that waggle their finger when talking to others. Of course they’re involved in this crap.
Are the new ‘certified miners’ Chinese friends of Hunter Biden?
In 2013, Hunter Biden, a couple of Americans, and a bunch of Chinese founded a firm involved in this African mining of cobalt.
In 2013, Hunter Biden, a couple of Americans, and a bunch of Chinese founded a firm involved in this African mining of cobalt...
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