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TikTok sued Montana over the first statewide ban of the popular appsaying the state has trampled free-speech rights based on a misguided view that Chinese ownership of the platform poses a national security threat to the U.S. The state’s Republican governor, Greg Gianforte, last week signed a measure that will prohibit the app’s download by […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana became the first state in the U.S. to completely ban TikTok on Wednesday when the state’s Republican governor signed a measure that’s more sweeping than any other state’s attempts to curtail the social media app. The measure is expected to be challenged legally and will serve as a testing ground […]

Montana’s new law will ban downloads of TikTok across the state and fine any “entity” $10,000 per day for each time a person in the state is able to access the social media platform or download …

TikTok has responded by calling the ban ‘unlawful’ and the signing of the bill an infringement on the First Amendment rights of the people of Montana (Picture: Getty Images) The US state of Montana becomes the first in the country to ban TikTok, in a move to protect residents from alleged intelligence gathering by China. […]