Ed Markey: ‘If [Elon Musk’s] Considering Doing to TikTok What He Did to Twitter, That Would Be Absolutely Terrible’

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MARKEY: "There was a very significant offer put on the table just last week by Project Liberty to purchase TikTok. Elon Musk may be interested, others may be interested, but we need more time in order to find out. Now on Elon Musk, obviously --"
KEILAR: "Would he be OK."
MARKEY: "-- obviously if he's considering doing to TikTok what he did to Twitter, that would be absolutely terrible. And so that's not necessarily, however, what the outcome is going to be. No one knows what the outcome is going to be, because we haven't had the time to have the discussion, to have all of the negotiations, including with TikTok. So we can deal in speculation about what might happen and there are many options. There are many different ways to solve this problem. But until we get the extra time, until we keep TikTok alive for the 170 million Americans who are in community right now, then we don't have any options to provide for that site, TikTok, to continue operation."