US District Court Judge Donald Molloy placed the injunction on the ban until the case, originally filed by TikTok in May, has been ruled on its merits.
"The current record leaves little doubt that Montana s legislature and attorney general were more interested in targeting China s ostensible role in TikTok than they with protecting Montana consumers," Molloy said in the ruling.
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a ban on TikTok set to come into effect next year in Montana, saying the popular video sharing app was likely to win its pending legal challenge.
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