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Since 2017, the People's Republic of China has been running what it calls "Vocational Education and Training Centers," or re-education camps. These camps were established by Xi Jinping's administration, with the stated purpose of countering terrorism. The camps are mostly populated by Uyghurs, a largely Islamic ethnic minority group in China, who are reportedly sent to the camps without trial or charges, and are subjected to forced labor.
According to the report, at least 80,000 Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities from China's re-education camps were forced to work in factories from 2017 to 2019 under "potentially abusive" conditions. These individuals were reportedly assigned "government minders" and supervised by "dedicated security personnel." As stated in the Australian Strategic Policy Institute report, individuals were told that if they disobeyed their work assignments, they would have to return to the re-education camps.
As noted by TechRaptor, it's not detailed in the report exactly how much each company benefited from the forced labor of the re-education camps or if the companies were even aware that they were benefiting from forced labor. One tech company implicated in the report, Apple, has released a statement on the matter indicating that it likely was unaware of the forced labor. "Apple is dedicated to ensuring that everyone in our supply chain is treated with the dignity and respect that they deserve. We have not seen this report but we work closely with all our suppliers to ensure our high standards are upheld."
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So yeah, apparently all our consoles are made by cheap force labor, who knew?
According to the report, at least 80,000 Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities from China's re-education camps were forced to work in factories from 2017 to 2019 under "potentially abusive" conditions. These individuals were reportedly assigned "government minders" and supervised by "dedicated security personnel." As stated in the Australian Strategic Policy Institute report, individuals were told that if they disobeyed their work assignments, they would have to return to the re-education camps.
As noted by TechRaptor, it's not detailed in the report exactly how much each company benefited from the forced labor of the re-education camps or if the companies were even aware that they were benefiting from forced labor. One tech company implicated in the report, Apple, has released a statement on the matter indicating that it likely was unaware of the forced labor. "Apple is dedicated to ensuring that everyone in our supply chain is treated with the dignity and respect that they deserve. We have not seen this report but we work closely with all our suppliers to ensure our high standards are upheld."
more here
So yeah, apparently all our consoles are made by cheap force labor, who knew?