Foxconn Slams ‘Malicious’ Video of Staff Deaths as Outcry Grows
- IPhone maker says no workers have died at company’s facility
- Concerns grow online over staff well-being during the lockdown
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Foxconn Technology Group has denied claims on social media of several deaths from a Covid outbreak at its main iPhone plant in China, calling the widely circulated videos “maliciously edited.”
The video, posted by a well-known Chinese dissident on Twitter, described the deaths of eight Foxconn workers inside a company-operated dormitory. The clip had attracted more than 27,000 views as of Tuesday afternoon. Similar posts circulated on Chinese social media including Douyin, the local equivalent of TikTok.