Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton and GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts have diverged from President-elect Donald Trump's stance on the TikTok ban, which went into effect over the weekend, resulting in the app being shut down. Cotton and Ricketts emphasized that there is no legal basis for extending the ban's effective date now that it has been implemented.
Despite TikTok going dark, there is a possibility that the decision may not be final. President-elect Trump indicated that he is likely to seek a delay in the ban once he assumes office. He expressed his support for TikTok in a recent post on Truth Social.
