“Displaced families in Syrian camps are begging for donations on TikTok while the company takes up to 70% of the proceeds, a BBC investigation found.”
Children in Syrian camps livestream for hours, pleading for digital gifts. The BBC saw streams pulling $1,000 an hour, and the families got a tiny fraction. Middlemen hand out phones and British SIM cards, because UK viewers give the most. TikTok says the content isn’t allowed, then declines to say how big its cut is. It isn’t allowed, and TikTok still takes the money.