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. The Supreme Court could rule as early as Friday whether or not the original ban is constitutional or if it should be delayed and debated further.
Ed Markey (D-MA), announced on the Senate floor Monday that he plans to introduce the Extend the TikTok Deadline Act to give the company an extra 270 days to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance to avoid facing a ban in the US.
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 TikTok shutdown in the US is getting closer. January 19 is the deadline set for the bill signed by Joe Biden in April 2024. It’s noteworthy that, at the time, the bill had o
U.S. Senator Ed Markey joined several other members of Congress in introducing legislation that would extend the deadline on a ban of social media app TikTok.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said Monday he is planning to introduce legislation to give the Chinese parent company of TikTok more time to sell the app as the ban deadline looms less than a week away.
Senator Ed Markey’s bill to delay the TikTok ban highlights the platform's $24.2 billion U.S. economic impact and the threat to millions of creators' livelihoods amid national security concerns.
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
The popular social media app started to go dark for its 170 million American users late on Jan. 18. But by Sunday afternoon, fans were suddenly able to reaccess videos.
The law gives the president the option to extend the ban by 90 days, but triggering the extension requires evidence that parties working on purchasing have made significant progress, including binding legal agreements for such a deal — and TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, hasn’t publicly updated its stance that the app is not for sale.
Here’s everything you need to know about TikTok: when it will go dark, whether Trump can save it, who might buy the app—and how to get your TikTok tombstone.