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by bckr 1568 days ago
another interesting point

> slave labor

Can you be more specific?

Googling "Google slave labor" reveals a lawsuit from 2019 or so from folks whose children were injured & died in cobalt mines that big tech ultimately received refined cobalt from.

The case was thrown out[] because the companies were found to have just purchased refined cobalt down the supply chain, and the labor did not fall under the definition of human trafficking.

[] https://www.jurist.org/news/2021/11/federal-court-dismisses-...