By Jasmin Malik Chua, Source: Ecouterre

If there’s one thing you don’t want weighing down your online shopping cart, it’s the more than 73 million child laborers who toil under inhumane conditions worldwide to make clothing. Our clothing. “Avoid” is a browser plugin that screens your browsing activity for products associated with the exploitation of children. Developed by German group Earthlink, the app uses real-time data the from Aktiv Gegen Kinderarbeit (Active Against Child Labour) campaign to scour popular retailers—including ASOS, Amazon, Google Shopping, Target, Macy’s, and Yoox—for brands with known child-labor violations. Offending items are hidden from view. (You can also toggle the plugin to view uncensored results.)

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