After the BBC launched an investigation into how TikTok profits off Syrian families in crisis—reportedly violating TikTok policies by begging live for TikTok gifts that are exchangeable for cash—TikTok immediately took action, banning all accounts that BBC identified.BBC discovered that displaced families in Syria were being recruited by "agencies affiliated to TikTok in China and the Middle East."From these gifts, BBC reported that TikTok was taking unusually high cuts, up to 70 percent, with families ultimately only receiving $19 out of $106 donated during a BBC experiment on the platform."This type of content is not allowed on our platform, and we are further expanding our global policies around exploitative begging," a TikTok spokesperson told Ars.TikTok’s responseFor the families accused of begging on TikTok, the platform is one of few options to request cash online, charities providing aid in Syria told the BBC."