TikTok to raise livestreaming age to 18 to protect children from exploitation after child begging on platform becomes widespread in Syrian camps
"TikTok to ban children from livestreaming", 19 Oct 2022
TikTok is raising its minimum age for livestreaming from 16 to 18 from next month.
A BBC News investigation found hundreds of accounts going live from Syrian refugee camps, with children begging for donations...
TikTok's rules say you must not directly solicit for gifts and must "prevent the harm, endangerment or exploitation" of minors on the platform.
When News BBC used the in-app system to report 30 accounts featuring children begging, TikTok said there had been no violation of its policies in any of the cases. After BBC News contacted TikTok directly for comment, the company banned all of the accounts...