Submitted by Jaamac2025 t3_y1wgxg in technology
autotldr t1_is26plz wrote
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)
> The middlemen said they worked with agencies affiliated to TikTok in China and the Middle East, who gave the families access to TikTok accounts.
> TikTok middlemen would take 35% of the remainder, leaving a refugee family with just $19. Hamid, one of the TikTok middlemen in the camps, told the BBC he had sold his livestock to pay for a mobile phone, SIM card and wi-fi connection to work with families on TikTok.
> BBC News investigates a new trend on TikTok - hundreds of families in refugee camps in Syria, begging for gifts on TikTok livestreams.
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