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Sen Collins Voices Support for TikTok Ban After Pres. Trump Delays Action

Sen Collins Voices Support for TikTok Ban After Pres. Trump Delays Action

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Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins is voicing support for a ban on the popular Chinese-owned TikTok app, just as President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay the federal prohibition for 75 days.

Collins released a statement Monday, saying the “problem is not the platform but rather its control by the Chinese Communist Party.”

The app is owned by China based ByteDance

“All ByteDance has to do is agree to a sale that satisfies the law’s divestment requirements – something that it could do at a significant profit – and TikTok would be able to continue to be enjoyed by millions of Americans,” said Collins in a statement.

The executive order was one of President Trump’s first acts after taking office, during which he said the U.S. should be entitled to half of TikTok. He also said he thought TikTok could be worth a trillion dollars.

TikTok has about 170 million users in the U.S. The app was temporarily shut down Sunday because of a law former President Joe Biden signed last April requiring ByteDance to sell to a U.S. company.

The Supreme Court late last week upheld the law.

Maine’s congressional delegation joined a large bipartisan majority of members supporting the law Biden signed last year requiring TikTok’s sale

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