from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned.
TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese tech company ByteDance, has been under intense scrutiny over concerns it could hand over user data to the Chinese government or push pro-Beijing propaganda and misinformation on the platform. Leaders at the, CIA and numerous lawmakers of both parties have raised those concerns but haven’t presented any evidence to prove it has happened.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen urged state lawmakers to pass the bill because he wasn't sure Congress would act quickly on a federal ban. At a hearing for the bill in March, a representative from the tech trade group TechNet said app stores also “do not have the ability to geofence” apps on a state by state basis and that it would be impossible for its members, like Apple and Google, to prevent TikTok from being downloaded in Montana.
All because Trump was embarrassed by TikTok fans.
What a bunch of boring, lame, miserable,and unhappy ppl
The problem (aside from government Big Brother aspect) is that legislators have demonstrated their stunning ignorance when it comes to understanding how technology works. So their ability able to write effective legislation practically nonexistent.
LOL!! How, specifically, do they enforce this? I'm thinking they don't understand how the internet works
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