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.
President Joe Biden’s lame-duck administration races to Trump-proof its green jobs program, the American Climate Corps.
As TikTok's time on American phones ticks down, two senators address the public on saving the app. Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker appeared before the press today to discuss the TikTok ban and efforts being made to stop TikTok from shutting down on Sunday,
Some U.S. lawmakers are advocating for an extension on the deadline for TikTok's Beijing parent company to sell U.S. assets before a ban takes effect.
A growing number of lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to grant a reprieve to prevent TikTok from going dark in the United States as soon as Sunday, warning millions of creators and businesses could be hurt.
President Joe Biden appears to be backpedaling on the TikTok ban he signed last year. His administration is now saying it won’t enforce the law that will boot the popular platform from app stores, which is scheduled to begin on Sunday, the day before he leaves office.
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. TikTok could still proactively choose to shut itself down that day -- a move intended to send a clear message to the 170 million people it says use the app each month about the wide-ranging impact of the ban.
The Justice Department recently stated that TikTok's access to sensitive data makes it a potential tool for espionage by the Chinese government.
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.
Some lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden and the U.S. Supreme Court ... to sell the U.S. assets of TikTok by Jan. 19, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass, announced he planned to introduce legislation ...
The White House has looked into options to keep TikTok accessible to its 170 million American users if a ban that is set to go into effect Sunday continues as planned.
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,