'PERMANENTLY BAN iPhone 18' - Why Protests Against iPhones Going On? Apple #shorts

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Episode Title: 'PERMANENTLY BAN iPhone 18' - Why Protests Against iPhones Going On? Apple #shorts
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Description: iPhone 18 Faces Boycott Calls Over Congo’s “Conflict Minerals” Apple’s newly launched iPhone 18 series is facing boycott calls and online protests from activists who say the excitement surrounding new smartphones hides the human cost of mineral extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Campaigners have focused particularly on coltan, an ore processed to produce tantalum. The heat-resistant metal is widely used in tiny capacitors that control electricity inside smartphones, computers and other electronic devices. Congo possesses major coltan deposits, but mining and trading in its conflict-hit eastern region have repeatedly been illegal mining groups,unsafe working conditions. The latest criticism builds upon protests organised during previous iPhone launches and legal complaints filed by Congo against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium. Congolese authorities alleged that minerals originating in troubled mining areas were being transported through neighbouring countries and entering international supply chains with their true origin hidden. Apple disputes allegations that it knowingly uses conflict minerals. The company says it audits smelters and refiners, removes suppliers that fail its standards and increasingly uses recycled materials. Apple also instructed suppliers in 2024 to suspend sourcing tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold from Congo and Rwanda because escalating conflict made reliable independent verification difficult. Its 2026 conflict-minerals disclosure said the company found no reasonable basis to conclude that participating smelters or refiners had financed illegal groups. Activists argue that complex supply chains still make complete traceability difficult and want stronger independent verification. The protest is therefore larger than one iPhone model. It raises a continuing question for the entire electronics industry: can companies prove that the rare materials inside expensive device? Subscribe to FactTechz


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