Montanan First Amendment News Today

Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat who initially supported a ban of TikTok in his home state of Montana, reversed course this week and suggested that the state should not have banned the "silly app." Montana became the first state in the U.S. to completely ban TikTok last week. The measure is expected to be challenged

Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat who initially supported a ban of TikTok in Montana, reversed course this week after a lawsuit was filed and insisted the state should not have banned the “silly app" earlier this month.

"Montana has no authority to enact laws advancing what it believes should be the United States foreign policy," TikTok told Newsweek.

If TikTok decides to break away from its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance, the bill would be automatically void.

The legislation marks the furthest step yet by a state government to restrict TikTok over perceived security concerns.

Montana became the first U.S. state on Friday to pass legislation banning TikTok on all personal devices, sending a bill to Gov. Greg Gianforte prohibiting TikTok from operating within state lines and barring app stores from offering TikTok for downloads.

The legislation marks the furthest step yet by a state government to restrict TikTok over perceived security concerns.

The legislation marks the furthest step yet by a state government to restrict TikTok over perceived security concerns.

The legislation marks the furthest step yet by a state government to restrict TikTok over perceived security concerns.

The legislation marks the furthest step yet by a state government to restrict TikTok over perceived security concerns.