Distraught influencers shared their heartbreak when the Supreme Court allowed a ban on TikTok to take effect in a surprising ruling on Friday.
Social media users who rely on the Chinese platform for their following shared clips of themselves crying and shouting at lawmakers over fears that the app would serve as a vehicle for CCP-backed data scraping and pose national security risks .
In a video uploaded minutes after the Supreme Court’s decision was revealed, TikTok influencer Madilynn Cameron outlined the loss of the app to her 1.1 million followers.
“Well, the Supreme Court upheld the ban,” she said. “This is not how I saw it happening today, I had a little bit of faith in our broken government system.
“Our government has failed us… I’m so frustrated I can’t even talk.”
Hours before the decision was announced, makeup influencer Kylie Park shared a tearful video of herself at the prospect of losing the platform, slamming followers who told her she should get a “real job.”
“It really hit me tonight that TikTok might not exist anymore,” she said through tears.
“I know some of you can’t relate and don’t understand, you’re like ‘You guys need to get a 9 to 5 job’ – let me tell you right now: social media, TikTok, content creation is a real full-time job.’
In a video uploaded minutes after the Supreme Court’s ruling against TikTok was revealed, TikTok influencer Madilynn Cameron recounted the app’s loss to her 1.1 million followers

Hours before the decision was announced, makeup influencer Kylie Park also shared a clip of herself in tears at the prospect of being banned from the platform and slammed people for telling her to have a ‘9-5 job ‘ to search.
Park, who has nearly a million followers, said her fear of losing the platform “isn’t about the money,” and said she was angry about losing her “safe place.”
‘This is my safe place, it really is. “I come to TikTok when I have anxiety, when I need a break from anything,” she said.
Cruise ship singer Emily Senn shared a tearful video with her 350,000 followers in which she said she would “never forgive” the US government for allowing TikTok to be banned.
“I will never trust you again because you just took away the income and livelihood of millions of people,” she said.
With the platform’s fate hinging on an intervention from new President Donald Trump, Senn said she’s “starting to give up hope that there will be a Hail Mary moment at the end of this.”
The court ruled Friday after TikTok argued that a law banning the popular video streaming app violates users’ First Amendment rights.
“We conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights,” the nation’s highest court wrote in its ruling, reaffirming an appeals court ruling.

Cruise ship singer Emily Senn shared a tearful video with her 350,000 followers in which she said she would ‘never forgive’ the US government for allowing TikTok to be banned

Protesters outside the Supreme Court as it heard oral arguments on the TikTok ban on January 10

Protesters outside the Supreme Court as it heard oral arguments on the TikTok ban on January 10
Earlier this year, Congress passed a law banning TikTok unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance sells its shares before January 19, 2025.
But after months no deal was reached.
About 170 million Americans use the video app, and some warned that banning the app would disrupt the businesses and livelihoods of millions of people.
Although the ban was set to take effect on Sunday, Biden indicated he would not enforce it and would leave it to President-elect Trump, who takes office on Monday.
During his first term, Trump raised concerns that TikTok posed a threat, but has since changed his tune and asked the Supreme Court to delay enforcement of the ban.
Last month, Trump met with TikTok CEO Shou Zi at his Mar-a-Lago estate and indicated he wanted to end the ban.
“I have a little warm spot in my heart, I’ll be honest,” Trump said of the video streaming app. He credits the app for helping him make gains with youth in the elections.
TikTok’s CEO will attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday.