Posted on 03/28/2025 12:52:51 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
President Donald Trump is facing renewed pressure from Senate Democrats to work with Congress to legally extend a fast-approaching deadline that could determine the future of TikTok in the United States.
Lawmakers argue that Trump's executive action delaying enforcement of a federal divestment order has raised legal concerns and deepened uncertainty for the app's 170 million U.S. users. With multiple bidders vying for control of TikTok's U.S. operations, the issue has become a political flashpoint just weeks before the ban could take effect.
When Is Deadline for ByteDance to Sell TikTok? The deadline for TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to divest from its U.S. operations is April 5, 2025. That stems from a law passed in 2024 requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok to a U.S.-controlled entity or face a nationwide ban.
The divestment deadline was originally January 19, but President Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office that delayed enforcement by 75 days.
While Trump has suggested he could extend the deadline further, Democratic lawmakers say the president lacks the legal authority to do so without congressional approval.
"It is unacceptable and unworkable for your Administration to continue ignoring the requirements in the law, as you did in January by extending the divestment deadline to April 5," Senators Ed Markey, Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker wrote in a letter released March 25.
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How much time do they need? Its already been extended 75 days.
I don’t care.
But if I see that stupid Tik Tok commercial of whiney “business” owners saying it would kill their business.
BS. Tell it to My Space.
What happened to Facebook, X, Instagram, Google ads, etc?
Add Yahoo
Or do you prefer watching CNN?
What’s the obsession with TikTok? I thought it was some sort of Chinese texting thingie for the Chinese to spy on people using it.
I’m talking about small businesses whining .
Trump won in 2016 without it.
Trump WOULD give it more time, but a Federal Judge banned him doing that.
Ban it. Social media is a scourge.
So how did Trump win in 2024?
Oh, I don’t know. Maybe:
Truth Social
X
Rumble
RSBN
Interviews
TV Events
Rallies
Rallies
Rallies
Rallies
And just maybe GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD!
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