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  2. US court sides with Apple, Tesla, other tech companies over ...

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    (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labor in cobalt mining operations in the ...

  3. ‘Here it is better not to be born’: Cobalt mining for Big ...

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    The “quaint” moniker of artisanal mining, Mr Kara points out, belies a brutal industry where hundreds of thousands of men, women and children dig with bare hands and basic tools in toxic ...

  4. Breaker boy - Wikipedia

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    A breaker boy was a coal-mining worker in the United States [1] and United Kingdom [2] whose job was to separate impurities from coal by hand in a coal breaker. Though boys were primarily children, elderly coal miners who could no longer work in the mines because of age, disease, or accident were sometimes employed as breaker boys. [3]

  5. International Rights Advocates v. Apple, Microsoft, Dell, Tesla

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    International Rights Advocates, Inc. filed an injunctive relief and damages class-action lawsuit against Apple, Microsoft, Dell, and Tesla in December 2019. [1] The plaintiff was representing fourteen Congolese parents and children seeking relief and damage fees for these companies aiding and abetting the use of young children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) cobalt mining industry. [2]

  6. Human trafficking in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    The miners are forced to continue to work to repay constantly accumulating debts that are virtually impossible to repay. In North Kivu, South Kivu, and Katanga provinces, armed groups and Congolese national army troops reportedly use threats and coercion to force men and children to mine for minerals. [2]

  7. The horrors behind the mining industry that powers your life

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    The rape of female miners, who later carry their infant children on their backs as they dig. Deep poverty on terribly low wages — a dollar or two a day — and debt bondage that leaves miners in ...

  8. Child labour in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Children are common in small scale mines of Madagascar. Some children are involved in salt mining, quarry work, gem and gold ore collection. About 58% of children in these mines are younger than age 12. According to IPEC, Child labourers in these mines usually come from families who are in precarious economic situation. [6]

  9. Investigation targets online groups accused of child sex ...

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    International law enforcement agencies have arrested several members of an online community that groomed and abused children, officials said Thursday. U.S. Homeland Security, Europol and the ...