Go on now, it sounds like you had something you wanted to say. Did you want to make a statement on western media bashing TikTok for being from China? Or was i

Go on now, it sounds like you had something you wanted to say. Did you want to make a statement on western media bashing TikTok for being from China? Or was it something else? So mysterious. Meanwhile… > Hamid said he uses TikTok to help families make a living. He pays them most of the profits, minus his running costs, he said. Like the other middlemen, Hamid said he was supported by "live agencies" in China, who work directly with TikTok. "They help us if we have any problems with the app. They unlock blocked accounts. We give them the name of the page, the profile picture, and they open the account," Hamid said. People sell their livelihoods for phone equipment, so that they can act as the ringmaster for virtual sideshows for these companies. The side shows then receive a pittance from the digital roses purchased for them. And the ringmaster gets a share for the hardware. This isn’t to say that other companies are better. Just different.