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A federal judge has blocked Montana's first-in-the-nation law banning the video-sharing app TikTok in the state while a legal challenge to the law moves through the courts. U.S. District Judge
The ban was scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1. and was based on some Montana lawmakers arguing that the Chinese government could access user information from TikTok.
The defeat of Montana’s TikTok ban in federal court could deter other lawmakers from moving ahead with efforts to block the popular video sharing app facing bipartisan backlash. There was mounting scrutiny over TikTok before Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) signed the a law in May banning the app. House lawmakers grilled TikTok’s CEO in March as…
Montana’s first-in-the-nation law banning the video-sharing app TikTok in the state was blocked Thursday (November 30th), one month before it was set to take effect, by a federal judge who called the measure unconstitutional. The ruling delivered a temporary win for the social media company that
The law “oversteps state power and infringes on the Constitutional rights of users and businesses,” a judge ruled.