US Court Dismisses Child Labor Lawsuit Against Apple, Tesla, Google, Other Tech Giants

Published on March 6, 2024

A federal appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit aiming to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged use of child labor in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The lawsuit named Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, Dell Technologies, and Google’s parent company Alphabet as defendants. The plaintiffs—comprising 16 former miners and representatives of child miners—sued the tech companies for participating in a “forced labor” venture with their suppliers through the purchase of cobalt. Cobalt is an essential metal for producing the lithium-ion batteries that power modern electronics. Nearly two-thirds of the world’s cobalt comes from Congo....

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