Congress Bombarded With Calls From Young TikTok Users After App Urges Them to Oppose Ban

‘Thousands of teenagers’ have called their legislators saying that ’they would kill themselves’ if Congress made ByteDance sell TikTok.

The logo of the social media video-sharing app TikTok is seen during the launch of TikTok and Indonesia's leading e-commerce site Tokopedia's Buy Local Campaign in Jakarta, on Dec. 12, 2023. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

TikTok has urged millions of its American users to call their senators to oppose a bill that could lead to a ban of the popular video-sharing app after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the bill.

“Now, if the Senate votes, the future of creativity and communities you love on TikTok could be shut down,” the alert reads.