Congressional offices are being flooded with calls from angry teenagers urging them to oppose a proposed anti-TikTok bill.
Teenagers are often considered to be a generally politically apathetic demographic. Many of them can’t vote, so lawmakers tend to overlook younger Americans’ role in shaping culture and political movements. But as lawmakers consider new legislation that would potentially ban the social media app, congressional offices are being flooded with calls from teenagers livid over the prospect of losing one of their favorite platforms.
TikTok itself is taking part in the offensive. The app, which has over 170 million users in the United States alone, hasto connect users with their congressional offices. “Congress is planning a total ban of TikTok,” the landing page says. “Speak up now–before your government strips 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression.
The new bill, introduced by Rep. Mike Gallagher and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi would require TikTok to wholly separate itself from its parent company or incur an outright ban from app stores. The bill would also create “a process for the President to designate certain, specifically defined social media applications that are subject to the control of a foreign adversary — per Title 10 — and pose a national security risk.
As My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way put it, “teenagers scare the living shit out of me,” and the mass of infuriated adolescents declaring war on lawmakers might just strike the fear of their political power into Congress. Facebook, Instagram Hit by Outage: Thousands of Users Reported Problems Including Getting Logged Out
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