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TikTok's relaxed ad rules fuel surge in user scams

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TikTok significantly weakened its advertising policies last year, leading to a surge in scams targeting American users with fraudulent product sales. This change, reportedly made to increase revenue, has resulted in users purchasing non-existent items. The platform's lax enforcement has allowed these fraudulent schemes to proliferate. AI

RANK_REASON Article details a policy change within a social media platform that has led to negative consequences for users, fitting the 'tool' category for policy-related issues affecting platform operations.

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TikTok's relaxed ad rules fuel surge in user scams

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Iain Martin, Forbes Staff ·

    TikTok Quietly Gutted Its Advertising Rules. Scams Have Exploded Ever Since.

    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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