Tik Tok is also sharing in alms money
The video sharing platform TikTok is also sharing the money begged by the users. The company is taking the majority of the money withdrawn using TikTok. This information was found in a BBC investigation.
British media reported that some families in Syrian refugee camps are asking for financial support by livestreaming on TikTok. However, the company is pocketing up to 70 percent of the money raised by them.
Recently, videos asking for financial help are often seen on Tiktok. Basically poor families, especially direct families seek this financial assistance. According to a BBC report, mainly children in Syria are livestreaming to ask for cash. This cash is called 'Digital Gift'.
According to the BBC, research shows that live streaming a video can earn up to $1,000 an hour. But refugees get very little of it.
Regarding this complaint, TikTok said that such videos are not allowed on their platform. Terming the begging as 'exploitative begging', the authorities said they would take swift action against it. However, the company has accepted the fact of taking 'digital gift'. However, they claim that their commission is much less than 70 percent. However, he refused to give the exact amount.
At the beginning of this year, TikTok users' accounts started receiving a flood of videos of families in Syrian refugee camps. Some viewers expressed support for these videos. Others again expressed fear of scandal.
The BBC recently investigated refugee camps in northwestern Syria. According to the media, the begging trend was started mainly by the so-called 'TikTok middlemen'. They also provide these refugee families with mobile phones and other equipment to broadcast live.
Middlemen said they work with TikTok-related organizations in China and the Middle East. These organizations allow refugee families to use TikTok accounts.
TikTok's algorithm displays content based on the geographic origin of the user's phone number. The middlemen said that in this case they use British SIM cards. Because people in the UK give the most gifts (digital gifts).
