Senator Markey Statement on Supreme Court Ruling that TikTok Ban Can Move Forward

Washington (January 17, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision to uphold the TikTok ban.
“I am deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the TikTok ban. With 170 million users and seven million businesses relying on TikTok, a TikTok ban taking effect on Sunday would be profoundly harmful - from creators losing their livelihoods, to communities losing an essential communication tool during emergencies such as the Los Angeles wildfires. Unfortunately, Senate Republicans blocked my legislation this week to extend the TikTok deadline. I have been urging, and will continue to urge, the Biden administration to use its authority in the law to extend the TikTok deadline and ensure that this critical communication platform does not go dark on Sunday, causing serious harm to millions of creators.”
On January 16, 2025, Senator Markey, along with Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), sent aletterto President Joe Biden urging him to trigger the 90-day extension in theProtection Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Actto allow ByteDance additional time to divest from TikTok. On January 15, 2025, Senators Markey, Booker, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Congressman Khanna (CA-17) introduced theExtend the TikTok Deadline Act, legislation that would delay the January 19 deadline by which ByteDance must sell TikTok or face a ban, by an additional 270 days.
Senators Markey and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), along with Congressman Khanna, recently submitted abipartisan, bicameral amicus briefurging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the D.C. Circuit Court's decision inTikTok Inc. v. Garland, which upheld the TikTok ban established under theProtecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.On December 19, Senators Markey and Paul sent aletterto President Joe Biden urging him to provide TikTok owner ByteDance with a 90-day extension to either sell TikTok or face the ban.
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