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by cbozeman 2009 days ago
Please get rid of all your cobalt-containing electronics.

You're part of a system of African child slave labor.

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Most cobalt is from DRC and almost all cobalt from there is derived from child labor. It isn't slave labor; they get paid, though low wage. However child labor is bad as it is. It isn't as simple as boycotting though; families depend on the income. They shouldn't; children should go to school.

That's why the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) [1] was initiated.

[1] https://www.theimpactfacility.com/commodities/cobalt/fair-co...