*[Enwl-eng] iPhones

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                        Children in the Congo are dying mining cobalt for 
Apple and Google’s phones. But these tech giants just claim that’s not their 
problem.

                        The kids’ desperate families have taken the fight to 
court -- can you chip in to get these families justice and hold Big Tech 
accountable?


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            It’s terrifying work.

            In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, children as young as 10 
climb into holes barely wider than their bodies. They spend hours there, 
digging out tiny chunks of cobalt to be used in cell phone batteries. All 
for $2 a day.

            Dozens have died or suffered catastrophic injuries but Apple, 
Google, and other tech giants just say it’s not their problem.

            The families of these children say otherwise and are suing Big 
Tech for damages. But these billion-dollar companies have the most expensive 
lawyers working around the clock to get the case dismissed.

            We’ve already started to help them fight this case -- can you 
chip in to help make sure not one more child dies for an iPhone?


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            Instead, Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft, and Tesla have hired 
some of the largest law firms in the US to fight the claims and show they 
have no responsibility. They admit the conditions are deplorable, they just 
say it isn’t their fault!

            It’s simply not true. If they refused to buy batteries built on 
child labour, their suppliers would have to clean up their act. This is 
blindingly obvious -- they know it, you know it. Instead, they choose to 
turn their back on the abuse and exploitation of desperate, dying children.

            We can help the families get justice and ensure no more kids die 
for the batteries in our cell phones. Let’s go all-in on this landmark 
lawsuit:


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donation will go through immediately:

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            While Big Tech’s lawyers dance around the issue, the 14 parents 
and children who brought the suit are being helped by a human rights lawyer, 
a Congolese professor...and us! Let’s show them what we’re made of, and make 
sure they can’t just walk away from this problem without a fight.


            Thanks for all that you do,
            Vicky and the team at SumOfUs


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            More information:

            Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt 
mining deaths. The Guardian. 16 December 2019.
            Microsoft, Apple, Google, and more say they aren't responsible 
for child labor in DRC. Windows Central . 27 August 2020.






From: Vicky Wyatt, SumOfUs
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2020 7:21 PM
Subject: iPhones

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