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Apple knew a supplier was using child labor but took 3 years to fully cut ties, despite the company's promises to hold itself to the 'highest standards,' report says
Ex-employees told The Information that Apple kept working with suppliers, despite repeated labor la…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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An influencer is under fire for offering a glowing review of a Shein factory during a sponsored trip, despite the company's long history of labor abuses
Dani Carbonari's Instagram post failed to acknowledge the numerous reports and documented abuses ag…
Julie Gerstein
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The Shein influencer doubled down on her defense of the fast-fashion brand despite its history of labor abuses: 'If you think it's propaganda, that's cool'
In a now-deleted TikTok, influencer Dani DMC says she has "so much more awareness of what's going o…
Julie Gerstein
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Former Apple employees have accused the company of turning a blind eye to suppliers that were violating Chinese labor laws
The ex-Apple employees said the tech giant was concerned the legislation would heighten costs, dela…
Kate Duffy
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The US government just warned companies that even indirect ties to forced labor in China's Xinjiang province risks breaking the law
The US warned of added legal risks for American companies with ties to Xinjiang, citing genocide an…
Heather Schlitz
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Chinese authorities reportedly interrogated workers linked to US company Verité, which investigates supply-chain labor abuses in the country
The workers were linked to Verité, which investigates possible labor abuses in supply chains. The S…
Anna Cooban
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Disney drops 'Simpsons' episode in Hong Kong in which character references 'forced labor camps' in China, reports say
A character in the Simpsons episode says: "Behold the wonders of China: Bitcoin mines, forced labor…
Kate Duffy
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Apple suspends business with its second-largest iPhone manufacturer, Pegatron, after discovering student labor violations in China
Pegatron misclassified students, allowed them to work night shifts and overtime, and let them perfo…
Kate Duffy
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Amazon accused of using Chinese suppliers with links to forced Uyghur labor
The nonprofit Tech Transparency Project said it found five companies on Amazon's supplier list had …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Biden pushes G7 to get tough on China, calling out forced labor, human rights abuses, and 'non-market' practices
At the G7 talks, President Biden called for a collective rebuke of China over forced labor. Some le…
Kevin Shalvey
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Activists and researchers are calling on 82 retailers to commit to sourcing cotton outside of China to take a stand against accusations of forced Uyghur labor
"We need to be much more attentive to where our products come from," Sheffield Hallam University pr…
Áine Cain
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Congress passes ban on all imports from China's Xinjiang unless businesses can prove they are made without forced labor
The move comes amid intense concerns about human rights abuses against the Uyghur, a Turkic Muslim …
Huileng Tan
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Days after Tesla opened a Xinjiang store, White House press secretary Jen Psaki says private sector 'cannot look the other way' when it comes to human rights abuses of Uighur Muslims
"The international community, including the public and private sectors, cannot look the other way w…
Morgan Keith
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Shein is considering moving its massive IPO from New York to London amid scrutiny over its supply chains and ties to China
Shein, which was founded in China but is now based in Singapore, was seeking a valuation of $80 bil…
Huileng Tan
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Human rights groups say the Xinjiang forced labor bill will likely be passed as huge companies like Nike and Coca-Cola lobby against it
The head of the Workers Rights Consortium told Business Insider that these companies "face an uphil…
Kate Duffy
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Inside Nike: Sources share claims of sexism, cheating, abuse at the world's wokest brand
A new movie trumpets Nike's creation of the iconic Air Jordan sneakers in the 1980s. But the compan…
Joshua Hunt
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YouTube blocked and then reinstated a channel documenting human rights abuses against Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region
A YouTube channel focused on logging the treatment of Uyghurs went offline earlier in June but was …
Zahra Tayeb
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Tesla, Mercedes, and GM are being probed by US Senate on whether they use forced Uyghur labor
The chair of the Senate Finance Committee Ron Wyden sent letters to eight major car makers asking t…
Aaron Mok
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The Senate unanimously passed a bill banning all products from Xinjiang, where Uyghurs are detained, surveilled, and forced into manual labor
China is accused of locking up at least a million Uyghurs and forcing some to work for little to no…
Sinéad Baker
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Auditors hired by Western firms to make sure their products aren't being made from forced Uighur labor in China now say they won't carry out the checks
Five auditing groups told The Wall Street Journal that they won't do inspections in Xinjiang, China.