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Edward Markey: “While TikTok remains online today, these unilateral, illegal…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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The president could reverse course at any moment or threaten to rescind his executive order to coerce these companies into supporting unrelated political objectives. No good comes from giving any president that kind of leverage. So While TikTok remains online today, these unilateral, illegal extensions are unfair to TikTok's users and dangerous for our country. So here's the thing. I actually agree with the president on extending the TikTok divestment deadline. There was no reason that TikTok should have gone dark in January, just a couple of days after the Supreme Court ruled on the law. (32:26–32:37)

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