Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-04-22 12:39:25 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B15CED2B74EC623911CA15BBBF2B95B61D844A1E4DB20F784D237A51F4C1A677
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Cobalt is mined by children: https://www.mining.com/tesla-resource-to-launch-final-pilot-in-drc-to-trace-cobalt-from-mine-to-evs/ The company that Tesla buys cobalt from, Glencore, released a statement in 2019 acknowledging that children were mining for cobalt: https://www.mining.com/web/tesla-strikes-deal-to-buy-cobalt-from-glencore-for-ev-plants/ https://www.glencore.com/media-and-insights/news/Glencore-statement-on-child-labour-allegations#:~:text=We%20offer%20our%20condolences%20and%20sympathy%20to%20the,consistent%20with%20the%20Universal%20Declaration%20of%20Human%20Rights.
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