TikTok, and scamming middlemen, take so much money from donated money, that almost nothing arrives where the gifter expects it to arrive. The BBC did a test: if 106 dollars were gifted to an account in Syria, similar to many refugee families there asking for money, only $19 would arrive in the hands of the family. TikTok's response: we get on it immediately and delete this illegal content asking for money (paraphrased) (they were fine with earning money from it).

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TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging

Children are among those pleading for hours for digital gifts, as the company takes a cut of up to 70%.

^{By Hannah Gelbart, Mamdouh Akbiek and Ziad Al-Qattan (BBC News)}