When Compassion Becomes a Weapon: The TikTok ‘Baby Formula’ Hoax and the War on Faith-Based Charities

How a deceptive TikTok “social experiment” weaponized compassion, misled millions, and exposed the widening ignorance about how faith-based charities actually operate under Canadian law.

The Viral “Experiment” That Wasn’t

A woman on TikTok has gone viral for what she describes as a “social experiment.” Her premise: she calls around to churches and mosques, asking for baby formula, playing a fake recording of a crying infant in the background. She claims she’s desperate — a struggling mother in need.

Only a few respond with offers to help …