TikTok could get a 270 day extension to make a deal

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok’s luck might not run out just yet, if a new bill extending its January 19th deadline for a sale is approved by Congress.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), announced on the Senate floor Monday that he plans to introduce the Extend the TikTok Deadline Act to give the company an extra 270 days to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance to avoid facing a ban in the US. The bill notably wouldn’t overturn Congress’ initial bill, but