The TikTok ban could be delayed under the proposal of Senator Ed Markey, who introduced a bill that would extend that January 19th deadline by almost nine months.
Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey is calling on President Joe Biden to delay a ban on TikTok that could go into effect in the coming days. Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.
There's a chance that TikTok won't go dark on Sunday after all, as government officials are exploring ways to delay the ban on the popular video-sharing app.
The Biden administration doesn't plan to take action that forces TikTok to immediately go dark for U.S. users on Sunday, an administration official told ABC News.
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the TikTok ban, and Trump has issued a statement regarding the matter.
Ed Markey (D-MA), right ... the Chinese tech firm ByteDance, failed to divest the popular short-video app over the following nine months to a year. “It was, to me, a cynical effort to stick ...
The popular social media app will likely go dark for its 170 million American users on Jan. 19 after months of fighting the federal government’s demand that it separate from its China-based parent company,
Khanna voted against the federal law demanding a sale of the app or a ban and is now partnering with Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., to repeal the Protecting Americans from Former Adversaries Controlled Application Act.
President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on his first day in office, Monday. One of them is keeping TikTok up and running despite a federal ban that took effect on Jan. 19.
TikTok went offline late Saturday night, but returned Sunday morning after assurances from the then-incoming President that he would “issue an executive order” immediately after taking office to grant an extension on the ban, adding that “there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.”
TikTok on Sunday said it would restore service in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump announced he would “save” the social media platform with an executive order during his
Donald Trump said will issue an executive order attempting to save TikTok, but he wants ByteDance to sell 50 percent to the United States.