The dark side of world's lucrative mobile phone industry

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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4TmyJLqdUdjzPrkIJ9newQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par6693142-1-1-0.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/dark-side-worlds-lucrative-mobile-phone-industry-111821184.html)As the world's largest mobile phone fair hosts the "creme de la creme" in Barcelona, activists slam the dark side of a sector accused of ignoring rights abuses in Chinese factories and Congolese mines. Just a few blocks from the main Mobile World Congress (MWC), the so-called Mobile Social Congress has even showcased its very own superstar smartphone -- the Fairphone 2, which a Dutch firm tries to manufacture as ethically as possible. "Traceability is quite a difficult issue," recognises Daria Koreniushkina, public engagement manager at Fairphone.



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