labor rights - Adjacent

Oct 14

Beauty Supply Chains Riddled With Child Labor Risks

Verisk Maplecroft's audit of eight common cosmetic ingredients found that major beauty brands lack visibility into labor conditions across their supply chains. Investors and regulators are demanding human rights due diligence, and the gap is widening. Beauty ingredients like mica, palm oil, and certain minerals are sourced from regions with minimal labor enforcement. Brands marketing "clean" or "ethical" products may be funding exploitation without knowing it. Supply chain audits and ingredient substitution are becoming competitive advantages for premium brands. Mass-market players face mounting pressure to prove sourcing compliance.

theme-culture regulation/policy ai ethics labor rights

Jul 3

Retailer's AI Deepfake Ads Spark First Talent Lawsuit

Source: Boing Boing

A store chain created new advertisements using AI to synthesize a spokeswoman's likeness without her consent or compensation. The case forces the legal system to confront whether digital replicas of talent constitute work-for-hire or intellectual property theft, and whether companies can treat performer likenesses as perpetual assets once captured or whether talent retains ongoing rights to their synthetic doubles. The question affects commercial actors and social media personalities whose archives could be endlessly repurposed.