Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday called for a looming TikTok ban to be delayed to give the social media company more time to find an American buyer. “We aren’t
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday called on his Senate colleagues to extend the deadline for a U.S. ban of popular social media app TikTok, saying there is still time to come to a “workable solution.”
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.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was invited to Trump's inauguration, a source confirmed with Scripps News. The invitation comes as the app faces a potential ban in the U.S.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed Republicans Thursday for blocking a last-ditch effort to extend TikTok’s lifespan in the U.S. — even as the video platform’s CEO is expected to be among the tech moguls at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
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,
Congressional leaders who championed the TikTok bill last year in the U.S. now want to delay the ban on the popular app from going into effect.
With the TikTok ban set to hit the U.S. on Sunday, some government officials are working to avert it. Here's the latest.
The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster again during a second procedural vote on Friday, amassing more than 60 votes to advance it to a final vote. By a margin of 61-35, the bill advanced to an eventual final vote.
President Joe Biden reportedly will not enforce the TikTok ban slated to go into effect Sunday, putting the issue in Donald Trump's hands.
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.
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.).