TikTok Sues Montana to Block First Statewide Ban of App
- Company rebukes state’s concerns over platform’s ties to China
- State’s AG calls TikTok ‘Chinese Communist Party spying tool’
A TikTok advertisement in Washington, DC.
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TikTok Inc. sued Montana over the first statewide ban of the popular app, saying 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 US.
The state’s Republican governor, Greg Gianforte, last week signed a measure that will prohibit the app’s download by the general public beginning next year.