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How TikTok syphons off money from some of those most in need

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, Technology, News

4.3227 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Tech Tent finds out about the BBC investigation into how much money donated through Tik Tok live actually makes it to displaced people’s pockets. Also this week, what should the future of the office be, and why do robots often look like humans?

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0:40.9

Welcome, Bucle. sounds. There's probably another podcast on there that you're absolutely love. Welcome back to The TechTent with me, Zoe Kleinman, where this week we're exploring just how

0:46.2

much of the money donated to displaced families in Syria through TikTok lives actually reaches

0:52.5

those people. We'll also talk about a moment in history

0:55.7

in the UK's House of Lords this week when Adar, the robot artist, took questions from a

1:00.7

committee. And then this happened. It's not turned on. Can I reset her? Is that okay?

1:06.1

Yes, I don't. I know. And should we leave the laptop behind when we go to the office and

1:10.7

concentrate on our colleagues instead?

1:13.1

We look to the future of where and how we work.

1:16.6

I think more of being in an office

1:18.4

because I kind of like the idea of getting up and going somewhere.

1:21.1

And I think just like seeing people like anyone

1:23.2

and like making connections with people and just having somewhere to go.

1:29.4

In some cases they're earning families up to $1,000 an hour.

1:37.6

Displaced children in Syria are spending hours at a time on TikTok live streams

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