Exclusive: The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, lawyers for the Congolese government told Reuters reut.rs/4iCzyZP - ThreadSky

reuters.com • 76 days ago

Exclusive: The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, lawyers for the Congolese government told Reuters https://reut.rs/4iCzyZP

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earthizen1.bsky.social•76 days ago

funny how a strange outbreak of some unknown pathogen is happening at this particular moment in congo too.

baybaybabycakes.bsky.social•76 days ago

The DRC has been the UN's biggest project since the 1960's and it is a failed project even today.

gorillahighlands.bsky.social•76 days ago

It’s been the biggest project by its neighbours and other “investors” stealing Congo’s resources, and a fantastically successful one …

baybaybabycakes.bsky.social•75 days ago

The UN has been there since the 1960's and it's still their biggest (most expensive) project in the world. What has the UN accomplished? Nothing.

truthseekercg.bsky.social•76 days ago

Excellent DROC !!

freelaxx.bsky.social•76 days ago

Well if Apple didnt notice child labour in their production lines, how would they ever notice this..?🤔

Soon theyll say:
"What? theres a "Right To Repair" movement?😳

skybarney.bsky.social•76 days ago

Reuters is missing the upside. You don't need suicide nets in a pit mine.

ando2040.bsky.social•76 days ago

Actions brought on behalf of the justice ministry of Congo. The justice minister is Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. In 2003, a Belgian magistrate investigated him for money laundering, over payments he allegedly received to finance the war, from trafficking of... tantalite. Murky area, proof will be elusive.

larbisidhoum.bsky.social•76 days ago

galaxydreams70.bsky.social•76 days ago

Doesn’t the Congo supply these valuable commodities at a profit?

gorillahighlands.bsky.social•76 days ago

At a profit to individuals, not the country.

galaxydreams70.bsky.social•76 days ago

Why is individual profit bad?

Or should the nation fix its regulatory, taxation, customs, and corruption issues?

Blaming and suing the buyers is just a shakedown by those same corrupt politicians.

gorillahighlands.bsky.social•76 days ago

In practice demand very much influences supply so buyers (especially the biggest ones) carry some significant responsibility.

galaxydreams70.bsky.social•76 days ago

I don’t find fault with the buyers.

They need these commodities for their products, and the Congo supplies them.

It’s really just corrupt government officials and the lack of effective laws that allows this situation to exist.

gorillahighlands.bsky.social•76 days ago

Your philosophy works in a world where the nation state is the only meaningful actor of international relations. Let’s hope that we have, as humans, progressed beyond that. We should all feel responsible for this planet and for our species as a whole.

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