TikTok raises livestream age after BBC exposes child begging

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BBC News found hundreds of accounts going live from Syrian camps, with children begging for donations.

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Some were receiving up to $1,000 an hour - but when they withdrew the cash, TikTok had taken up to 70%. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, and Google, which owns YouTube, have a minimum livestreaming age of 13 and already allow users to age-restrict content they upload.followed more than 300 TikTok accounts livestreaming from north-west Syria.

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