Big tech OK with Chicom slavery, but not voter integrity measures in US

 Washington Free Beacon:

In April, Apple announced it would not produce a film about slavery in Georgia in light of the state's recent voting law. A month later, the tech giant was found to have relied on Chinese slave labor to build parts for its tech products.

Apple moved production of its upcoming drama Emancipation to Louisiana after star Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua said they could not support a state that "enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access." But this week, The Information released a report naming seven Apple suppliers that rely on the forced labor of Uyghurs.

Apple is the latest corporation to suspend business in protest of a law that added requirements for absentee ballots. House majority whip Jim Clyburn and President Biden have referred to the law as a "new Jim Crow." But Apple's continued reliance on forced labor raises questions about the company's dedication to human rights.

According to The Information, one of Apple's suppliers is based in Xinjiang, where up to 1 million members of the Uyghur Muslim ethnic minority have been detained in "reeducation" camps. Multiple reports have detailed torture and forced sterilizations in the camps.

The report is not the first to document Apple's reliance on forced labor. In March 2020, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute found that some Apple suppliers were required to provide political indoctrination to Uyghur laborers.

Other Apple suppliers are not based in Xinjiang, but records show that workers were shipped from Xinjiang to their plants. Avary Holdings, which makes circuit boards for Apple, received 400 Xinjiang workers at one of its factories. Shenzen Deren Electronic, which makes internal cables, received 1,000 workers. According to The Information, a video produced by a fourth supplier outlines how it used forced labor in 2018 and 2019.
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The response of Big Tech to voter integrity measures is absurd.  So is their hypocrisy in using Chicom slave labor.  What they favor are voting procedures that would make it easier for Democrats to cheat and rig an election.  Those measures would lead to more people questioning the legitimacy of elections.

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