Original title: Buying cobalt mines mined by child labor in the Congoapples,TeslaWait for the company to file a class action lawsuit

On the morning of December 16, Beijing time, according to foreign media reports, the Democratic Republic of the Congo recently confronted Apple,GoogleCompanies such as Dell, Microsoft, and Tesla have filed class-action lawsuits, accusing these technology companies of purchasing cobalt mines known to be mined by underage laborers for use in their respective battery technology.

“When the defendants purchased the cobalt mines, underage children were not only forced to work full time in extremely dangerous mining jobs, missing out on educational opportunities and a better future,” the lawsuit wrote. “Furthermore, due to the collapse of tunnels and the risk of cobalt mining common in the Republic of the Congo, they were injured and maimed from time to time, resulting in death.” The lawsuit continues: “Cobalt is a key component of every rechargeable lithium-ion battery used by the defendant and all other technology and electric vehicle companies, so the tiny, hungry Congolese people are being exploited in a new wave of cruel and greedy exploitation.”

The lawsuit was initiated by Terrence Collingsworth (Terrence Collingsworth) of the international rights advocacy organization Terrence Collingsworth (Terrence Collingsworth) in the District of Columbia, USA, representing a number of named plaintiffs and others similarly affected.