Apple is no human rights hero

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Sorry, iPhone owners: Apple CEO Tim Cook’s human rights rhetoric doesn’t match up with his record.

Don’t get me wrong, if America is to remain the world’s economic powerhouse, we’ll need more companies like Apple that produce high-value goods and create high-value jobs. Still, we should always call out hypocrisy where we see it. And when it comes to human rights, there’s great hypocrisy in the separation of Cook’s rhetoric and Apple reality.

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