Editing Smartphone (section)

====Manufacture====
[[Cobalt]] is needed in order to manufacture smartphones' rechargeable batteries. Workers, including children, suffer injuries, amputations, and death as the result of the hazardous working conditions and mine tunnel collapses in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] during [[Cobalt#Democratic Republic of the Congo|artisanal mining of cobalt]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Gross |first=Terry |title=How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy |website=NPR |date=1 February 2023 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara |access-date=10 November 2024}}</ref> In 2019 [[International Rights Advocates v. Apple, Microsoft, Dell, Tesla|a lawsuit]] was filed against Apple and other tech companies for the use of [[child labor]] in mining cobalt;<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-17|title=U.S. cobalt lawsuit puts spotlight on 'sustainable' tech|url=https://www.sustainability-times.com/sustainable-business/u-s-cobalt-lawsuit-puts-spotlight-on-sustainable-tech/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Sustainability Times|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Apple, Google Fight Blame For Child Labor In Cobalt Mines - Law360|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1304511/apple-google-fight-blame-for-child-labor-in-cobalt-mines|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.law360.com|language=en}}</ref> in 2024 the court ruled that the companies were not liable.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-03-06|title=Buying cobalt doesn't make US firms liable for abuses in DR Congo | url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/apple-and-other-firms-dont-have-to-compensate-victims-of-forced-child-labor/ }}</ref> Apple announced it would convert to using recycled cobalt by 2025.<ref>{{Cite web| year=2023 | title=Apple to use only recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025 | website=[[Reuters]] | url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-use-100-recycled-cobalt-batteries-by-2025-2023-04-13/ | access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref>