Ed Markey (D-MA), announced on the Senate floor Monday that he plans to introduce the Extend the TikTok Deadline Act to give the company an extra 270 days to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance to avoid facing a ban in the US.

"In the brief, Senators Markey and Paul and Representative Khanna argued that the TikTok ban lacks evidence and directly conflicts with the First Amendment, undermining the rights of over 170 million Americans who use the platform," the press release said.

The TikTok ban could be delayed under the proposal of Senator Ed Markey, who introduced a bill that would extend that January 19th deadline by almost nine months.

Mass., is leading a bipartisan effort to give ByteDance more than to sell the U.S. portion of TikTok before Sunday's deadline.

Mass. Senator Ed Markey has introduced a bill which aims to extend the nationwide TikTok ban’s deadline by 270 days.

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. The Supreme Court could rule as early as Friday whether or not the original ban is constitutional or if it should be delayed and debated further.

Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts introduced the bill on the Senate floor Monday, which would give TikTok almost another year to divest from its Chinese parent company.

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.

With a ban on TikTok set to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19, one Massachusetts senator is co-sponsoring a bill to extend the ban's deadline.

Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said Monday he is planning to introduce legislation ... Markey, who urged President Biden last month to grant TikTok an extension to divest from parent company ByteDance, said the communities built on TikTok “cannot be replicated ...

Senator Ed Markey’s bill to delay the TikTok ban highlights the platform's $24.2 billion U.S. economic impact and the threat to millions of creators' livelihoods amid national security concerns.

TikTok went offline late Saturday night, but returned Sunday morning after assurances from the then-incoming President that he would “issue an executive order” immediately after taking office to grant an extension on the ban, adding that “there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.”