Lawsuit · 2019 / 2024 Cobalt in the Congo — Apple, Alphabet, Dell, Microsoft, Tesla

Human-rights firm International Rights Advocates sued these companies alleging complicity in the death and injury of children mining cobalt in the DRC. A 2024 suit against Apple specifically alleges its cobalt and tantalum supply chains remain tied to hazardous child and forced labor, environmental damage and armed groups in Congo and Rwanda.