InevitableSwing [none/use name] to food • 26 days agoReese's consumers sued Hershey because some candies didn't match the designs depicted on the packaging.imagemessage-square33 fedilinkarrow-up172file-text
arrow-up172imageReese's consumers sued Hershey because some candies didn't match the designs depicted on the packaging.InevitableSwing [none/use name] to food • 26 days agomessage-square33 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hershey-sued-over-deceptive-carvings-155427142.html https://archive.ph/mr7EY
minus-squareFnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]hexbear39·25 days ago "Did you hear, a bunch of Americans are suing Hershey" "For their use of forced child labor in producing cocoa, right?" "What else could be more upsetting than that?" link
minus-squareDrewfro66@lemmygrad.mlhexbear21·25 days agoThe problem isn't that it's not upsetting, it's that child labor is not illegal (at least, not in a way that could be brought as a domestic civil suit) as long as it's happening overseas. linkfedilink
minus-squareEmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]hexbear5·25 days agoIn fact this was argued by American lawyers and government officials as to why they shouldn’t have to punish the companies lol link
The problem isn't that it's not upsetting, it's that child labor is not illegal (at least, not in a way that could be brought as a domestic civil suit) as long as it's happening overseas.
In fact this was argued by American lawyers and government officials as to why they shouldn’t have to punish the companies lol