Congressional offices were inundated with tens of thousands of phone calls on Thursday from panicked young adults who had received a notification from TikTok warning that the app could be shut down by the federal government.
“Congress is planning a total ban of TikTok,” the notification said, urging users to call their lawmakers and tell them to “stop a TikTok shutdown.” The app even asked users to enter their ZIP code, which the app then used to list their exact congressional representative and a button that would direct users’ calls to said representative. Some users reported that they had to make the call in order to use the app.
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