US Senator says TikTok divestment deadline could be extended to one year

US Senator says TikTok divestment deadline could be extended to one year

FILE PHOTO: U.S. flag and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken, June 2, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

The chair of the US Senate Commerce Committee said on Wednesday that lawmakers could extend to one year a proposed deadline to force TikTok’s parent company, China’s ByteDance, to divest the short video app used by 170 million Americans.

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