Protesters flocked toApple stores around the world on Friday, the same day the new iPhone16 launched, to call on the company to comply with human rights and “stop profiting from genocide”. Some of the protests were organised by former employees of Apple, who demanded that the company break its silence on Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza and stop sourcing cobalt used in phones from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Many of the protesters, who gathered in around 12 different cities, pointed out that mines in the DRC are notorious for dangerous conditions, child labour and poor wages. The demon…