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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:56 PM Aug 2020

Women's Center in Waukesha receives hundreds of prank calls

People are assholes.



I believe firmly in the right to free speech and I also believe this is the stupidest fucking thing I have heard of in a very long time.



NEWS > LOCAL NEWS

Women's Center in Waukesha receives hundreds of prank calls

By: Katie CrowtherPosted at 6:14 PM, Jul 31, 2020 and last updated 7:14 PM, Jul 31, 2020

WAUKESHA — Pranksters are targeting a local organization that helps domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.

Hundreds of prank calls are jamming the 24-hour emergency hotline at the Women’s Center in Waukesha. The Executive Director, Angela Mancuso, found the majority of calls are tied to a popular app that many young people have on their phones, TikTok.

“We discovered it is a TikTok challenge, in which people record themselves prank calling and then post it to the app,” Mancuso said. “The challenge is to call feminist organizations and hotlines and ask to speak to the man in charge. We’ve noticed most of the callers sound young.”

They learned this after calling out one of the pranksters over the phone.

“The caller felt bad and basically spilled the beans,” Mancuso said.

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Women's Center in Waukesha receives hundreds of prank calls (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 OP
It's a slimy, affluent county infested with GOP donors. CaptYossarian Aug 2020 #1
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