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TikTok Quietly Gutted Its Advertising Rules. Scams Have Exploded Ever Since.
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andIain Martin,
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TikTok Quietly Gutted Its Advertising Rules. Scams Have Exploded Ever Since.
Assistant Managing Editor
andIain Martin,
Senior Editor
Last year, TikTok’s executives quietly defanged its advertising rules, opening the floodgates to fraudsters that target American users with fake sales of products that never arrive. Sources told Forbes the change was understood internally as a way to make more money.
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