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.
The fate of 170 million TikTok users is now in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump.On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law that requires TikTok to be sold to a U.S. company or be banned by Sunday,
TikTok denied a report that China is mulling over an offer from Elon Musk to buy the app ahead of a Jan. 19 deadline in the U.S., BBC News reports.
With a ban on TikTok set to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19, one Massachusetts senator is co-sponsoring a bill to extend the ban's deadline.
Ed Markey announced last night via press release ... TikTok is set to be shut down in the United States on Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court intervenes or it is sold to an American owner.
Mass. Senator Ed Markey has introduced a bill which aims to extend the nationwide TikTok ban’s deadline by 270 days.
Today’s the day or sort of the day. It’s the US Supreme Court’s last chance to rule on the TikTok ban. The social media company’s chances with the justices were never good. Its First Amendment argument was thin, at best.
President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to delay the ban until after he takes office so his administration can try to reach a resolution. Sen. Ed Markey also announced Monday ...
A federal appeals court panel unanimously upheld a law on Dec. 6, that could lead to a ban on TikTok, citing national security concerns, as TikTok is owned by Chinese company, ByteDance. On April 24, President Joe Biden signed legislation requiring TikTok parent ByteDance to sell to a U.S. owner within a year or to shut down.
After a bipartisan bill to remove TikTok from app stores in the U.S. or force its sale passed last year, some officials in Washington now want to delay the ban from going into effect.
Lawyers for TikTok say that’s effectively a ban. A Biden administration official says because this deadline is over the weekend they’re not going to enforce the law, it’ll be up to the Trump administration. “TikTok must not go dark on Sunday,” said Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.).