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Using your consumer power to refuse to feed the profits of adversaries of humanity. Marketplace baddies who cause disproportionate harm to the planet or people.

Who to boycott, why they are being boycotted (or why you personally boycott them), and how to boycott them (if it’s not obvious).

Also welcome: discussion on how to organize and track your boycotts. E.g. whether it’s a special tool or app, or whether it’s a series of text files to GREP.

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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/8862635

“Only because of that official investigation did Canadians learn that ‘over 5 million nonconsenting Canadians’ were scanned into Cadillac Fairview's database”. Wow.

This Wired article is contradictory. The spokesperson says:

“an individual person cannot be identified using the technology in the machines. The technology acts as a motion sensor that detects faces, so the machine knows when to activate the purchasing interface”

I suppose it’s possible that a sloppy developer would name an executable Invenda.Vending.FacialRecognitionApp.exe which merely senses the presence of a face. But it seems like a baldfaced lie when you consider that:

“Invenda sales brochures that promised ‘the machines are capable of sending estimated ages and genders’ of every person who used the machines—without ever requesting consent.”

Boycott Mars


I already boycott Mars because they are a GMA member and they spent ~$500k lobbying against #GMO labeling -- and they have been blackballed for using child slave labor -- and Mars supports Russia. This is another good reason to #boycottMars.

Update


Apparently a LemmyBug replaced the article URL with a picture URL. The article is here:

https://www.wired.com/story/facial-recognition-vending-machine-error-investigation/

The vending machine pic is here:

https://infosec.pub/pictrs/image/2041d717-7cd7-4393-94f3-96aa87817aa7.jpeg

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[–] isles@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Indeed. I keep this text list around which is easy to grep for various chocolate brands:

::: spoiler Chocolate suppliers without a decent anti-child labor posture Cannot recommend
– Baci Perugina (Owned by Nestle)
– Bark Thins (owned by Hershey)
– Delicaseys Chocolates
– Galaxy (Owned by Mars – England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Garden of Life (owned by Nestle)
– Haagen-Dazs (owned by Nestle)
– Hershey’s
– NÓI SÍRÍUS’s chocolate (dark)
– Scharffen Berger (owned by Hershey)
– Stuffed Cakes
– Talenti Gelato
– Tony’s Chocolonely (Learn More)

Cannot recommend but are working on the issues in various ways
– ABC Bakers (Girl Scout Cookies)
– ALDI (Moser-Roth)
– Alpro (Alpro Soya and Provamel)
– Amore di Mona
– Ananda Foods
– Barry Callebaut
– Beech’s
– Ben & Jerry’s
– Bensdorp
– Beyond Dark
– Biena
– Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier
– Blommer
– Boulder Cookie
– California Gourmet
– Chocolat Stella
– Chocolove
– Chocoveda
– Clif Bar
– Creek House Patisserie
– Deliss Chocolate
– Dilettante
– Divine
– Divvies
– Dr. Oetker USA, LLC
– Ds Naturals (Brazil)
– Endangered Species
– Enjoy Life
– Fazer (Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden, Russia)
– Felchin
– Go Max Go
– Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews (Just Born)
– Goupie’s (England)
– Haigh’s Chocolates (Australia)
– Humboldt Chocolate
– Kashi
– Lazy Day Foods (England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
– LEDA Chocolate (Australia & New Zealand)
– Lily’s
– Little Brownie Bakers (Girl Scout Cookies)
– Mackie’s of Scotland
– Mariposa Baking Company
– Mitchell’s Homemade
– NOMO (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Northern Bloc (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– NOW
– NuNaturals, Inc.
– OCHO Candy
– Pacific Natural Foods
– Ripple
– Roar Chocolate
– Rubicon Bakers
– Schmerling’s
– Silver Spoon (England)
– Simply Lite
– Starbucks
– Strauss
– Summerdown Pure Mint Chocolate Mint Thins
– Sunwarrior
– Svelte
– Sweet William (New Zealand and Europe)
– Sweets from the Earth
– Terra Nostra
– The Cooperative (England)
– The Healthy Baking Company
– The Inspired Cookie
– Thorntons
– TradeAid (New Zealand)
– Treat Dreams
– Urban Remedy
– Villars
– Wayfare
– Whittaker’s (Australia & New Zealand)
– World’s Finest Chocolate
– Xan Confections

Cannot recommend but at least responded
– Aduna Chocolate
– Alternative Baking Company
– Awesome Bars
– Back to Nature
– Barney Butter
– Belcolade
– Birkengold (Austria & Germany)
– Blue Skies
– Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods
– Boreal Vegan Chocolatier (Spain)
– Brooklyn Dark
– Cacao Barry
– Castle Kitchen
– Cherryvale Farms
– Chocologic
– Choffy Brewed Chocolate
– Clipper (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Coco Maya (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Coconut Cloud
– Crio Bru
– Dagoba (owned by Hershey)
– Dr. Fuhrman’s Cocoa Powder
– Fat Badger Bakery
– Feed Your Face
– FINE & RAW
– FoMu
– free2b
– Genuine Health
– Good Day Chocolate
– Hail Merry
– Hampton Creek
– Hey Tiger Chocolate (Australia)
– Home Free
– Jon Good Chocolates
– Just
– Kirkland (CostCo)
– KoKo Dairy Free
– Landgarten GmbH & Co. KG (Europe)
– Laura’s Mercantile
– Lindt (Ghirardelli Chocolate)
– Little Secrets
– Lucy’s Cookies
– Lush Gourmet Foods
– Maisie Jane’s California Sunshine
– Matcha Mylkbar
– Mom’s Munchies
– Mummy Meagz (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Naturade
– next Organics
– No Whey! Chocolates
– Noiseraie Productions
– Oatly
– Olive & Sinclair’s Chocolate
– Pamela’s Products
– Peter’s Chocolate
– PlantFusion
– Premium Chocolatiers
– Pudology (England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales)
– Rodelle
– Sanders Candy
– See’s Candies
– Shoko Chocolates
– Simple Truth Organic®
– Somersaults
– Steve’s Ice Cream
– Tasti (New Zealand)
– The Peanut Principle
– Theobroma Chocolat
– Three Sisters Cereal (MOM Brands)
– Tofutti
– Unigra Chocolate
– Valrhona
– Waitrose (unless specified on product that country of origin is not West Africa)
– Wawel (Poland)
– Weirdoughs (Australia)
– Whittard of Chelsea
– Wilbur Chocolate
– Wild Friends Foods
– YisRoYal (gourmet vegan cookie dough)
– Yoso

Cannot recommend: companies that would not disclose (no transparency for customers)
– Baskin-Robbins
– Cadbury (Mondelez – England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Choklad Mörk (Ikea)
– Cocovelle
– Cornetto (Unilever Brand – England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Delighted By Hummus
– E&C’s Snacks
– Earth Balance
– Enlightened
– General Mills (Nature Valley)
– Giant/Foodhold USA
– Glutino
– Hasslacher
– hipo hyfryd
– Indie Candy
– Kinnikinnick Foods
– Lenny & Larry’s
– Livia’s Kitchen (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– LUV Ice Cream
– Magnum Ice Cream (Unilever Brand)
– Mondelēz (Oreo)
– Moonstruck Chocolatier
– Nékter Juice Bar
– Oppenheimer Chocolates U.S.A. Inc
– O’Natra
– Pangea brand
– Patience Fruit & Co (Canada)
– Peanut Butter & Co.
– Pure Matters
– Q.bel Foods
– Recchiuti Confections
– Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (Canada)
– Sainsburys (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Salish Sea Chocolate Company
– Sejoyia (Coco Roons and Coco Thins)
– ShaSha Bread Co.
– Silk (TCBY)
– So Delicious® Dairy Free
– Sugar Plum Chocolates
– Sweetapolita
– Target/Archer Farms
– The Essential Bite / The Essential Cookie
– The Hain Celestial Group (Rice Dream, Soy Dream, Sunspire, Chocolate Dream, Tropical Source)
– The Naughty Cookie
– Trader Joe’s
– Udi’s
– VEGA
– Vosges
– Western Family

Cannot recommend: companies that did not respond
– 10 degrees chocolate
– 137 Degrees
– 34 degrees
– A Lil Nutty Chocolate
– Abe’s Muffins
– Addiction Food (Australia)
– Amanda’s Own Confections
– Amber Lyn Chocolates
– Amedei
– Amella Caramels
– Amrita
– Amul
– Anandamide (Substantial)
– Anthon Berg
– Anthony’s Goods
– Arbonne
– Barbara’s
– Benedicks
– Berggold (Germany)
– Beryl’s Chocolate (Malaysia)
– Better Bites
– Betty Lou’s
– Big Tree Farms
– biona organic
– Blabbermouth Chocolates
– Blue Diamond
– Bodylogix®
– Boots Bakery
– Buttercup Cakes & Farmhouse Frosting
– Cacao de Davao (Philippines)
– Café Pettirosso
– Califia Farms
– Casual Friday Donuts
– Celtic Chocolates
– Central Market
– Charles Chocolates
– Chatfield’s Chocolates
– Chocolate Apothecary
– Chocolate Ivis (Spain)
– Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolate
– Cicada Artisan Chocolate
– City Girl Country Girl
– Coco Polo
– Coles (Australia)
– Condor Chocolates
– Considerit Chocolate
– CREAM
– Cybele’s
– De Ruijter (Netherlands)
– Deavas
– Destination
– Domori
– Dottie’s Donuts
– Double Rainbow Soy Cream
– Doves Farm
– Doña Maria Mole Sauce (Herdez)
– Droste
– earnest eats
– EcoMil
– Elmhurst
– Eskal Noble Choice (Australia/New Zealand)
– Essy and Bella Chocolate
– Excellent Baron Chocolatier
– Fina’s Vegetarian Café (Australia)
– Fox’s Syrup
– Frankly Natural Bakers
– Frankonia Schokoladenwerke GmbH (Germany)
– Fresh Thyme
– G. Debbas Chocolatier
– Galerie Au Chocolat
– Galler Chocolatier
– Gel Spice Company
– Gelateria Naia
– Girls & Boys Fitzroy
– Good Karma
– Good! Greens
– Gourmet Treats
– Green & Black’s
– Greens Plus
– Grimaldi Candies
– Gü (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Halletts Chocolates
– Halloren
– Halo (Pro Bar)
– Halo Top
– Health Warrior
– Heaven Sent
– Hedonist Artisan Chocolates
– Hilary’s Cookies
– Hungryroot
– Jackie’s COOKIE Babies
– Jade Chocolates
– Just Desserts
– Kavici Choco Spheres (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– KIND Snacks
– Kinnerton (EU)
– Koko Black Chocolate (Australia)
– Kron Chocolatier
– Laughing Gull Chocolates
– Laura’s Wholesome Junkfood
– Lentil as Anything (Australia)
– Like No Udder
– LoveRaw (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– LoveRaw Chocolate (EU)
– LÄRABAR
– Maestrani
– Main Market Co-Op
– Mamma Chia
– Medifast
– Michel Cluizel
– Mighty O Donuts
– Mill City Organics
– Misura
– Molly Rose Balms
– Monsoon Chocolate
– Mr. Nice Guyshop (Australia)
– Munk Pack
– Mutari Craft Chocolate
– Nairn’s
– Nana’s Cookie Company
– Natierra
– NaturalZing
– Nature’s Bakery
– Nestar (Australia)
– Nuts.com
– Nutter’s
– Of the Earth Superfoods
– OGGS (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Oh! Chocolate
– oodaalolly
– Pacari
– Pantagruel
– Paskesz Candy Inc.
– PB2
– Peet’s Coffee and Tea
– Penzey’s
– Pico Chocolate (Australia)
– Planet Oat (owned by Hood)
– Plum Bistro/Sugar Plum
– Prestat (England)
– PROBAR
– Probios GO Vegan (England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales)
– Puratos
– Pure Fit Nutrition Bars
– Rhythm 108 (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Riso Scotti (England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales)
– Rococo Chocolates (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Rose City Chocolatier
– Sanitarium (Australia/New Zealand)
– Santa Cruz Organic
– Schmidt’s
– Seattle Chocolates
– Shakeology
– Simple Mills
– Sinfully Devine
– So Good Beverages
– Soul Sprout
– Soylent
– Spice Pharm
– Squirrel Sisters
– Sunbiotics
– Superior Natural Foods
– Suzanne’s Specialties
– Sweet Freedom
– Tasty Brand
– Temple Chocolate
– The Coconut Collaborative
– The Daily Bar (Australia)
– The Good Bean
– The Grenada Chocolate Company
– The Living Food Kitchen
– The No Cookie Cookie
– The Raw Chocolate Pie Company (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– The Tea Room
– The Winning Combination
– The Yes Bar
– Theobroma Chocolate Company
– Think Vegan Gelato (Prodotti Stella)
– Timeless Coffee
– Tradin Organic

[–] evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

That seems to have exceeded msg limits. Here is the rest of the list:

(U-Z)Cannot recommend: companies that did not respond (cont…)
– Ulu Hye (AUS)
– Uncle Eddie’s
– United Cocoa Processor
– Valor
– Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
– Vanini
– Vantastic Foods Schakalode (EU)
– Vegan Choc Shop
– VeganBurd via Etsy
– Veganz
– Verkade (Netherlands)
– Weiss
– When Pigs Fly
– Wholesome Bakery
– Wildflour
– Wonderfully Raw
– WonderSlim
– Zazubean
– ZenSoy
– Zuma Drinks (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Áine Hand Made Chocolates (Ireland)

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