In recent years, a disturbing phenomenon has spread across the IDP (internally displaced persons) camps ofnorthwest Syria, where children beg for sympathy in live TikTok broadcasts in return for small amounts of food. This is provided to them by the Tiktok account holders, who have themselves turned to the platform in desperation for a way out of the poverty of the displacement camps, which lack the most essentials of life. The children beg the viewers for virtual gifts in the broadcasts, and the broadcasters attempt to increase their followers and donors. Children in the camps, especially orp…