Children are among those pleading for hours for digital gifts, as the company takes a cut of up to 70%.
WATCH: Mona Ali Al-Karim says she and her daughters beg for money to pay for hospital treatmentBBC Global Disinformation Unit, BBC News Arabic and BBC Eye Investigations
Earlier this year, TikTok users saw their feeds fill with livestreams of refugee families in Syrian camps, drawing support from some viewers and concerns about scams from others. Mona's husband was killed in an airstrike and she is using the livestreams to raise money for an operation for her daughter Sharifa, who is blind.
At the end of the livestream, the balance of the Syrian test account was $33. TikTok had taken 69% of the value of the gifts.TikTok influencer and ex-professional rugby player Keith Mason donated £300 during one family's livestream and encouraged his nearly one million followers to do the same.
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