production targets: Schoolchildren in China have been recruited to work in factories to produce Amazon's Alexa devices as part of an often illegal attempt to meet exacting production targets for the smart-speaker products, the Guardian can reveal, according to The Guardian. Interviews with children and leaked documents from Amazon's Chinese supplier, Foxconn, show that some youngsters have been asked to work nights and overtime in the factory in Hengyang in breach of Chinese labour laws. I'm Martin Farrer and it's my pleasure to bring you the top stories to help you through the last day of the working week. The children have been drafted in from local schools and classed as interns with teachers paid to accompany them to work and pressurise their pupils to take on extra work in return for improved employment prospects at the factory. I had no choice, I could only endure this, she says. One pupil said she worked up to 10 hours a day in sweltering conditions.
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