After refugee predicament in Syria, TikTok bans minors’ lives: ‘It’s greed’

After refugee predicament in Syria, TikTok bans minors’ lives: ‘It’s greed’

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A BBC News investigation revealed that TikTok made 70% of the profits from the lives of refugees in Syria who asked for money.

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a tik tok, a short video platform that “bombed” between 2020 and 2021, has been in a major controversy in recent months. investigation by BBC News It was revealed that the application benefited 70% of gains in the lives of refugees Syria who asked for money. Some even happened 1000 USD (about R$5,200, at current rate) per hour.

Most of the live broadcasts were from kids, who spent hours begging for digital gifts worth good money. In any live app, the user can receive digital roses, which cost a few cents, or even virtual black, which arrives all over the place. 500 dollars. Keith MasonFormer professional soccer player FootballAlready donated 300 pounds (1761 Brazilian Real).

When he knew before BBC On the remaining percentage with tik tokThar Al Riyadi: “There has to be some transparency. To me, that’s too greedy. It’s greed”. After a series of criticisms and petitions online, the social network has decided to raise the minimum age for live broadcasts from 16 to 18 from next month.

In the future, only adults will be able to send virtual gifts or access monetization features.guaranteed tik tok. Finally, the company also indicated that this type of content (request for money) is not allowed on its platform, and that the commission for digital gifts was significantly lower than 70%but the exact value has not yet been confirmed.

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