TikTok Still Could 'Survive', As Some Senators Are Pushing To Extend The Ban Deadline By 270 Days

As the effective date of the TikTok ban, if not sold order (January 19th) approaches, recently, two Democratic senators, urged the U.S. Congress and President Biden to extend the deadline for this order and have already planned to introduce a bill.

On Monday, Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts spoke on the Senate floor and live-streamed on TikTok. In his speech, he mentioned the ban, stating that he plans to introduce legislation to postpone the deadline of the TikTok ban if not sold order by 270 days.

A ban would dismantle a one-of-a-kind informational and cultural ecosystem, silencing millions in the process, Markey said. The TikTok ban will have serious consequences for the millions of Americans who rely on the app to build social connections and maintain their livelihoods. We cannot allow this to happen.

The stakes here are high. That's why I will soon introduce the Extend the TikTok Deadline Act to extend the deadline by which ByteDance must sell TikTok or face a ban by an additional 270 days.

Meanwhile, Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna also urged Biden and Trump on Monday to suspend the ban so that 170 million Americans won't lose their freedom of speech, otherwise, the livelihoods of millions of Americans will be affected.

Recently, Edward Markey and Ro Khanna, along with Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky, have submitted a bipartisan bicameral brief, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the ruling of the D.C. Circuit Court in the TikTok ban case.

In this brief, the three U.S. lawmakers argue that the TikTok ban lacks evidence and directly conflicts with the First Amendment of the United States, harming the rights of over 170 million Americans who use the platform.

If the U.S. Supreme Court cannot block this law by Sunday (January 19th), Americans will no longer be able to download TikTok from Apple or Google app stores, but existing users will be able to continue using the app for a period of time. However, since ByteDance will be prohibited from providing support, the app's service will degrade and eventually stop working.

President-elect Trump has already asked the court to delay the implementation of the ban, stating that after he takes office on January 20th, he should have time to seek a political solution to this issue.