Montana state bans TikTok. TikTok users sue Montana over ban.

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Montana state bans TikTok

TikTok users sue Montana over ban

Foto: Solen Feyissa / Unsplash

The US state of Montana has decided to ban social media service TikTok from January 1, 2024. The ban means that app stores distributing TikTok, such as Apple's App Store and Google Play, can be fined up to $10,000 per day if they do not remove TikTok's app for users in Montana. However, TikTok users will not be punished under the upcoming law.

TikTok believes that the ban violates the US Constitution, and TikTok's American spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter wrote in a tweet after the ban was announced:

"We want to reassure Montanans that they can continue using TikTok to express themselves, earn a living, and find community as we continue working to defend the rights of our users inside and outside of Montana."

A group of TikTok users in Montana has now also sued the state to have the upcoming ban lifted, according to The Verge. In the lawsuit, the law firm representing the TikTok users writes, among other things:

"Montana has no authority to enact laws advancing what it believes should be the United States’ foreign policy or its national security interests, nor may Montana ban an entire forum for communication based on its perceptions that some speech shared through that forum, though protected by the First Amendment, is dangerous."

Below is a news report on the upcoming TikTok ban in Montana, as well as some tweets from Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter, and law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.

theverge.com

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