Girl uses parents’ phones to buy livestream gifts, drains their savings

An eight-year-old girl in Xinjiang, China, nearly emptied her parents’ savings accounts after spending tens of thousands of dollars on livestream gifts.

According to Chinese news outlet QQ News, the incident occurred more than two months ago.

The girl, who often played with her parents’ phones at home, was using a livestream platform when she entered a ‘room’ by chance.

Drawn to the host’s enthusiastic greetings and exaggerated performances, she began sending virt...