Temu shoppers risk buying items made by forced labour, MP warns
Christmas shoppers ordering cheap gifts from Temu risk buying items made using forced labour, an MP has warned.
The Chinese app, popular for its huge range of clothing, toys and gadgets at ultra low prices, was downloaded 19 million times in the UK in 2023.
But Alicia Kearns, head of the foreign affairs select committee, told the BBC she’d “long been concerned about the rise of Temu and the risks it poses”.
Temu said it “strictly prohibits” the use of forced, penal, or child labour.
The warning comes after a US government investigation found an “extremely high risk” that products sold on Temu could have been made with forced labour.