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So you think it’d a good thing to have virtualized begging as an industry while the platform takes a huge cut with no disclosures? Or that it’s not worth reporting on?

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TikTok isn't promoting the begging industry and does not offer "charity" type services. There is lots of cost structure around the OMG tiktok took 69$ that the reporter has no insight on such as "app store" fee, possibly bandwidth fees, or whatever. If tiktok was heavy handed in moderation of content, the article would of been written "Evil CCP censors refugees attempting to make money via streaming"

70% of every dollar you donate to a beggar goes to Tiktok. It's understood that Tiktok, like every other business, has costs. What they do with the money (pay 30% to X, 20% to Y) is irrelevant.

Some % of the 70% is profit, therefore the evil CCP is profiting off begging refugees.

Are these refugee begging because your evil country color revolution them and cause them to be in that situation? That should be the real story which is missing... like propaganda

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