Mass. Senator Ed Markey has introduced a bill which aims to extend the nationwide TikTok ban’s deadline by 270 days.

With a ban on TikTok set to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19, one Massachusetts senator is co-sponsoring a bill to extend the ban's deadline.

Markey introduced his "Extend the TikTok Deadline Act" bill on Wednesday, which would extend the deadline by 270 days. His legislative attempt to extend the deadline was thwarted by two Republicans, one of which being Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, calling TikTok a Chinese communist spy app.

After a bipartisan bill to remove TikTok from app stores in the U.S. or force its sale passed last year, some officials in Washington now want to delay the ban from going into effect.

"In the brief, Senators Markey and Paul and Representative Khanna argued that the TikTok ban lacks evidence and directly conflicts with the First Amendment, undermining the rights of over 170 million Americans who use the platform," the press release said.

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A group of lawmakers is mounting a last-ditch effort to delay a TikTok ban from going into effect on Sunday and give the company more time to find an American buyer and evaluate the risks the app poses to national security.