Several tech companies named in underage labor lawsuit over Cobalt mining

[Windows Central]

Microsoft and Dell are also said to be included.
[h=2]What you need to know[/h]

• Apple, Google, and Tesla have all been named in a lawsuit over alleged forced child labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• The suit alleged that tech companies have knowingly exploited underage labor in the mining of cobalt.
• Cobalt is used in Lithium-ion batteries.

Apple, Google, and Tesla have been named in a lawsuit alleging that tech companies knowingly used Cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo that was mined by children in the making of Lithium-ion batteries.

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