Major Tech Companies Sued for Child Deaths in Cobalt Mines

[shittysoup]

If you use smartphone or a computer, it probably has a battery made with cobalt.

The Congolese children who mine that cobalt "are eking out a sub-human existence, caked in toxic filth and grime," says researcher Siddharth Kara.https://t.co/j08rwsCipv
- As It Happens (@cbcasithappens) December 17, 2019
An international advocacy group has launched a

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[yurasama_love]

Good fucking lord
These are children

[januarysix]

OT but the Star Wars fandom needs to borrow your icon.

[yurasama_love]

I knew they'd rue the day, poor bastards

[nene718]

one country supplies 2/3rds of a vital material for one of the world's most profitable industries but is still rife with poverty and war. colonialism ain't never die.

[beysactingcoach]

MTE

[numara]

say that

[flawed_x_design]

Where is the lie.
Unbelievable.

[vibeology_e]

This is horrifying.

[pepsi_twist9]

The crazy thing is that people will argue that it's necessary to keep things affordable but also $100+ shoes cost pennies to make so really. This will blow up and then become a joke the same way Amazon and Walmart proudly operate.

[januarysix]

Glad they are getting sued.