Apple, Microsoft and Others Accused of Huge Child Exploitation (teleSUR)

 

Multinational companies, including various from the U.S., are under fire after two NGOs accused them of indirectly fomenting child exploitation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where minors are paid about US$1 a day for 12 hours to mine cobalt, a highly toxic chemical used in lithium-ion batteries for cell phones and laptops.

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