The cobalt in your smartphone’s battery could have been sourced with child labor, according to a new report from Amnesty International . The human rights organization traced the sale of cobalt, a main component in lithium-ion batteries, back to mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo and found that children as young as seven are working there to unearth the valuable mineral. Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Sony and automakers Volkswagen and Daimler are among the tech giants named in the report , which claims those companies have not been thorough enough when it comes to understanding who is mining cobalt for their products. Read the rest of Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, and others accused of using battery parts mined with child labor
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Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, and others accused of using battery parts mined with child labor