Children are among those pleading for hours for digital gifts, as the company takes a cut of up to 70%.
Refugee families in Syrian camps are begging for donations on TikTok while the company takes up to 70% of the proceeds, a BBC investigation found.
The BBC saw streams earning up to $1,000 an hour, but found refugees received only a tiny fraction of that.The company said this type of content was not allowed on its platform, and it said its commission from digital gifts was significantly less than 70%. But it declined to confirm the exact amount.
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