While the law does give the president power to extend the deadline for outlawing TikTok by 90 days, University of Minnesota law professor Alan Rozenshtein noted on X that provisio

The current deadline for ByteDance to sell off or divest from TikTok is Jan. 19, which is less than a month away. But TikTok is still fighting the ban.

Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, and Republican Kentucky Rand Paul urged the president to extend the app's divest deadline by 90 days, citing the quick turnaround that would be needed at the Supreme Court.

Two Senators, a Republican and a Democrat, would like the president to push the deadline back, citing free speech concerns.

Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) urged President Biden on Thursday to grant TikTok a 90-day extension to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban. The pair emphasized the current deadline is set for Jan.

With just 30 days remaining until TikTok’s forced-sale deadline in the U.S., senators from both sides of the aisle are asking the president to approve a one-time 90-day extension. Senators Edward Markey (D-MA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) made that request in a straightforward letter to President Biden.