Katie Watson
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I would have done anything to get the medicine for Khalil.
The child is directed on camera to plead for help.
I want to be a normal kid.
I want to go to school.
They were going to upload it to social media.
Millions of dollars pour in, but the families never receive the money.
He told us it wasn't successful.
As I understood it, the video just didn't make any money.
World of Secrets, the child cancer scam from the BBC World Service.
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In Australia, Tuesday is almost over, supposedly the last day of digital freedom for the country's young teens.
The new rules mean no more Snapchat or TikTok videos or liking of photos.
Some of the most popular social media platforms will be off-limits for under-16s.
People here are calling it a ban.
The government prefers to use the word delay, giving youngsters more time to grow up before being let loose on social media.
Whatever the term, the majority of teens are not happy about it.
Plenty of parents, on the other hand, see this as a show of support by the government standing up to the big US tech companies who've been criticised for not doing enough in recent years to prevent online harm.