The British channel's flagship news programme reported in February 2022 that workers at ATA Industrial, a Malaysian company that made Dyson-branded vacuum cleaners, had endured abuse and inhumane conditions.that said the broadcast was not centred on the companies, nor on James Dyson himself, and therefore they could not pursue a libel claim against the broadcaster and Independent Television News, which produces the Channel 4 news programme.
Judges James Dingemans and Mark Warby said the broadcast "had at least the theme that Dyson was a leading British company which sold products manufactured by ATA in Malaysia whose employees suffered abuse and inhuman working conditions and Dyson should have known what was happening and stopped it". The spokesperson said the court was clear that the Dyson entities, Dyson Technology Ltd and Dyson Ltd, were identified in the broadcast."Dyson will vigorously pursue its action to vindicate its reputation."