Macworld UK leads with the headline “Apple broke labour laws with underage workers report finds“. Of course anyone who has been following this story knows that this is completely bogus. The body of the article is a little more like the actual facts:
“Apple has revealed in a new report suppliers broke local laws, employing children at three different facilities…”
That’s a far cry from Apple breaking Labour Laws themselves. I’m surprised that Macworld would publish such a sensational and blatently false headline. Plenty of other UK publications (i.e. Tabloids) have jumped on this bandwagon, eagerly jumping at the chance to smear a popular company. The truth of the matter is that Apple conducted it’s own audit of it’s suppliers, which it was under no obligation to do, and reported it’s findings publicly, which again, it was under no obligations to do. They also reported the companies where laws were broken. Once again, a far cry from “Apple Broke Labour Laws”. I hope Apple sues them because this is deformation and complete lies.
[Update] They’ve changed the headline. It now reads: “Apple audit reveals underage workers in some of its suppliers”
Here’s a screenshot of the original.
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