A BBC investigation has accused TikTok of profiting off Syrian refugees who live stream on the app to beg for donations.
Children in refugee camps engage in lengthy streams during which they can earn up to $1,000 an hour are begging on TikTok livestreams for donations to survive and the company has been accused of taking a cut.
The bulk of donations was actually pocketed by TikTok and various middlemen that have made a business off these livestreams. ‘This type of content is not allowed on our platform, and we are further expanding our global policies around exploitative begging,’ The middlemen said they worked with agencies affiliated to TikTok in China and the Middle East. They also preferred to use British SIM cards as people from the UK made generous donations.
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