Cobalt is a private aircraft manufacturer launching its first two models today. The fully-certified Co50 Valkyrie and its experimental version, the Valkyrie-X, are available for pre-order starting today.
Apple, Dell, HP, Huawei, Lenovo, LG, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony, and Vodafone all have connections to child labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo by virtue of their acquisition of cobalt, an element found in lithium-ion batteries, according to a new report.
Amnesty International links tech giants' suppliers to cobalt mines using child labor in central Africa.
One of the biggest problems is that there is no standing law on such practices in the countries where these companies are operating labour in and the U.N. has no teeth as far as regulation goes. These checks are virtually meaningless if they're just suggestions.
