Dismayed TikTok Users Shocked Supreme Court Unanimously Approves Ban: 'First Time They've Ever Agreed on Something'

TikTok users have taken to social media to express their surprise at the US Supreme Court unanimously upholding the law banning TikTok, voicing sorrow at the potential removal of the app.

On Friday, the United States Supreme Court unanimously declined to block a federal law that would ban TikTok within the United States due to national security concerns about the Chinese government's alleged authority over the app.

The court decided that banning the app did not violate the First Amendment rights of over 170 million users of the app across the nation. In April, the bill passed through Congress with bipartisan support and was subsequently signed by President Joe Biden, reported the Washington Post.

Users quickly took to other online platforms to express their dismay at the Supreme Court's decision, having hoped that the nation's highest court would save their beloved platform.

However, they seemed more surprised at the fact that the decision seemed to unite an otherwise constantly divided Supreme Court, delivering a rare unanimous decision.

"The supreme court ruled unanimously against tiktok but couldn't even agree that you shouldn't be thrown in prison for being homeless. america is a joke of a country. when i say we're f---ed i really mean that," wrote one user on X (formerly Twitter).

"Unanimous vote? that's gotta be the first time ever they've agreed on something lmfoa," concurred another.

"The supreme court supposedly cant agree on anything but this decision was seemingly unanimous. come on now #tiktokban," wrote a third.

"9-0 unanimous is crazy," said a fourth.

In their opinion, the justices stated that they believed the US was justified in its concern towards TikTok and its parent company ByteDance. They wrote that the platform's "scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment."

"There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community," the opinion says. "But Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok's data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary."