InevitableSwing [none/use name] to food • 5 months agoReese's consumers sued Hershey because some candies didn't match the designs depicted on the packaging.imagemessage-square32 fedilinkarrow-up173file-text
arrow-up173imageReese's consumers sued Hershey because some candies didn't match the designs depicted on the packaging.InevitableSwing [none/use name] to food • 5 months agomessage-square32 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hershey-sued-over-deceptive-carvings-155427142.html https://archive.ph/mr7EY
minus-squareFnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]hexbear40·5 months 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.mlhexbear22·5 months 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]hexbear6·5 months 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