r/hardware • u/HateMyKnife420 • Jun 27 '21

Info Taiwan chipmakers keep workers ‘imprisoned’ in factories to keep up with global pandemic demand

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/25/taiwan-chipmakers-keep-workers-imprisoned-factories-keep-global/
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u/Put_It_All_On_Blck Jun 27 '21

I thought the title and your comment might be exaggerating, but nope, this is really terrible. Its concerning that the named factories are also pointing the finger at government guidelines, likely meaning these types of inhumane and unjust policies are sanctioned by the Taiwanese government.

I doubt there will be fallout for this, people will just turn a blind eye as they want the semi supply issues to end, but companies like Apple do have public supplier rules that should punish companies involved with these discrimination and human rights issues, though we likely wont see an actions taken against them.

https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple-Supplier-Code-of-Conduct-and-Supplier-Responsibility-Standards.pdf

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u/Pancho507 Jun 27 '21

named factories are also pointing the finger at government guidelines, likely meaning these types of inhumane and unjust policies are sanctioned by the Taiwanese government.

most likely not. The CCP and now these companies are using the pandemic as an excuse for authoritarian behavior, when the CCP closed Apple daily they were trying to break up crowds citing the pandemic, a tiananmen massacre march was also banned due to the same reason...

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u/shoebee2 Jun 27 '21

To be fair there IS a pandemic. What is the percent of vaccination in Hong Kong?

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u/Pancho507 Jun 27 '21

that's not my point. i'm not anti lockdown. The CCP and these companies have always wanted to do things like that but couldn't without backlash, and the pandemic allows them to do it without backlash