TikTok influencers mourn platform, break down in tears after Supreme Court ruling: ‘F–k this country’

TikTok influencers are in mourning pending shutdown The popular Chinese-owned social media platform after the Supreme Court upheld a law banning the app from being sold in the US.

Emily Senn, a popular voice on the app, broke down in tears after hearing the news and said she would “never forgive” the US government for its actions against TikTok.

“I will never trust you again because you have taken away the income and livelihood of millions of people and who does that?” he asked Friday morning.

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TikTok influencers expressed their displeasure after the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a federal law to take down TikTok. (Screenshot/Alex Pearlman/Emily Senn/Madilynn Cameron)

Senn, who lost his job as a cruise ship singer during the pandemic, said TikTok has supported him financially and given him a sense of community over the past three years.

Madilynn Cameron, collected 1 million followers on TikTok and signed a petition to save the platform, asking followers to remain “calm and hopeful” that President Biden or President-elect Donald Trump will intervene.

“We are a laughing stock for other countries,” he said. “Do you understand this? Everyone is making fun of us.”

Many other popular accounts were devastated and angry at the news.

Popular social media star and content creator Kelsey Pumel released his video On Friday, it questioned the government’s priorities under the headline “Goodbye to freedom of speech”.

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President-elect Trump is pictured in front of the TikTok logo. (Getty Images)

“I still can’t understand how the government would place more importance on a program that has literally not been proven to cause any of the threats that our country poses to children who are not surviving in school, in health care. epidemic, not being able to afford housing, you know the homeless population, whatever,” he said.

Podcast host and influencer Alex Pearlman looked confused By unanimous decision of the Supreme Court.

“You can’t all agree that kids shouldn’t be shot in school. You can’t all agree that women should have health care.” ‘You cannot all agree that we should have health care. You all can’t agree that cops are not allowed to kill people with impunity. What about the TikTok ban? We all lined up and said, what is this issue? The Chinese? O those mothers…”

Supreme Court on Friday supported the federal law TikTok would have been banned if it hadn’t been sold just two days before the two-way forfeiture law went into effect.

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee at the Rayburn House office building on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

“There is no question that for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinct and vast opportunity for expression, communication, and a source of community,” the court said in an unsigned ruling. “However, Congress determined that the separation was necessary to address well-supported national security concerns about TikTok’s data collection practices and ties to a foreign adversary.”

“For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is affirmed.”

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There was no opposition.

The decision comes at such a time President-elect Trump has signaled open support for the app in recent months.

Fox News’ Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.