A video streaming platform banned a girl battling cancer from performing live in the hopes of raising money for her costly treatment, with legal experts calling for greater tolerance.

Liu Zinian, a 6-year-old girl suffering from lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes, was banned two months ago from the live stream platform Now Live Broadcast for 10 years, Wei Lihong, Liu's mother told the Global Times on Sunday.

To reduce the family's financial burden, Liu and her mother turned to the live streaming platform where she sang and danced on her hospital bed while hooked to an IV. She would turn the virtual gifts she received during her live broadcasts into real money.

The platform told Wei it does not allow people to broadcast fund-raising appeals.

Liu was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2016 and has been undergoing treatment since then at a hospital in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province.

"We've spent 800,000 yuan ($122,000) on treatment in the past year," Wei, who works for a wine seller in Zhengzhou, told the Global Times.

Liu, who has lost her hair following chemotherapy treatments, is now using another live streaming platform to give her "performances" and raise money from her audience, Wei said.

Liu is not the first seriously ill person who couldn't afford treatment to try to raise funds on live streaming platforms. A 28-year-old farmer Hu Yawen in Henan broadcast the daily life of her 2-year-old son who has leukemia, and received 100,000 yuan, according to Henan Business Daily on December 9.

Similar cases have garnered a lot of online comments. "The financial aid from social insurance is far from enough to pay for the treatment of serious diseases," a Netizen commented. "There are still a lot of families that can't afford needed treatments."

Some Netizens also doubted that the broadcasters were really ill and in need of help.

"As long as the content of the live video does not break the law, raising funds through online live streaming is allowed," Zhu Xiaoding, a Beijing based lawyer told the Global Times on Sunday.

"Charity websites aimed at helping the poor or people with serious diseases are actually a better choice than live streaming platforms, since they are better regulated and less troublesome for people in need," Zhu said.

Liu has so far had 11 chemotherapy treatments. A charity website has also been created to raise money for the girl.