That's the problem with average user, they they will push the biggest button present, which is call now. So technically they did not forced them to call, but put a red drape in front of a bull and bull charged it.

And from the image below, it does not seems to be possible to be closed (or close button is black on black background)

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4516261-tiktok-urges-u...

No. It is partially true. From the NY Times article:

> Some users said on X that they were unable to use the app before placing the call. TikTok told The New York Times that users could swipe right to get rid of the message, which may have been confusing because users typically swipe up to see the next video on the app. The company also said that the “X” to close the page wasn’t visible for some users at first but that it later fixed that.