Schoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices

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Schoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices
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Hundreds of schoolchildren have been drafted in to make Amazon’s Alexa devices in China as part of a controversial and often illegal attempt to meet production targets, documents seen by the Guardian reveal.

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