“TikTok endangers the safety of Montanans and Americans at large,” Montana state Sen. Shelley Vance, one of the bill’s primary authors saidKTVH. “We know that beyond a doubt that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is operating as a surveillance arm of the Chinese Communist Party and gathers information about Americans against their will.”
It’s worth noting here that while numerous lawmakers and intelligence agencies have justified banning TikTok out of national security concerns, there’s still no concrete evidence the Chinese government has even used TikTok to surveil American users. But previous reporting has shownIn an email to Gizmodo, a TikTok spokesperson said the bill amounted to censorship and would almost certainly be challenged by courts.
“We will continue to fight for TikTok users and creators in Montana whose livelihoods and First Amendment rights are threatened by this egregious government overreach,” a TikTok spokesperson told Gizmodo.Opponents of the Montana bill like the ACLU say it would violate the First Amendment and be a disaster for freedom of expression. In aearlier this week, the ACLU and five other civil liberties organizations said they had failed to prove TikTok poses any immediate harm to Montana residents.
“Montana’s TikTok bill is censorship, plain and simple,” ACLU senior policy counsel Jenna Leventoff said in a statement. “Montanans deserve better than to have their representatives violate their free speech rights by cutting them off from a unique platform that allows them to speak their minds, exchange information, and learn new things.
I guess Twitter will be next on their agenda?
I was all for the TikTok ban when it was first talked about now that its being implemented my gut says this is not a good thing.. i dont know what to think 😖
I loathe tiktok, I'm a pretty relaxed parent, but it was the one app I banned. I have mixed feelings, because it's a government ban though
TikTok is trash, but this is eventually going to result in state sponsored social media. Which is fine in China I guess but not here.
Took long enough
Yes!!! 🙌
they should ban Youtube shorts aswell that shit is the most braindamaging shit iv ever seen
Big Trojan horse. If they want to ban that cesspool, fine, do it. But don't come with a Patriotic act 2.0 embedded in it.
Good, now do the other 49...
lfg
So how will middle-aged men in Montana be able to scroll endless videos of teenage girls dancing in bikinis without googling dodgy websites?
greg16676935420 will be joining vorzapp because of that
I don’t support banning apps. But if I did support that- why not ban facebook?! Murders, bullying violence has been live-streamed on Facebook. Facebook interfered in the 2020 presidential election.
YES!!!!
Well-done Montanans❣️
Cancel culture
Anyone that thinks this is a good thing is off their rocker. Why would any citizen be okay with giving this power to the state? Look how they handled the pandemic… Regardless of tiktok being bad or good, the point is, letting states have this authority only opens the door…
Government overreach. Can’t be pro small gov and support this shit
This is fucking stupid
Wait until Montana finds out about facebook😅
Not as impossible as you think. The isp’s and celll networks can block both the app and web access in the state. VPNs would be an easy way around it also possible changing to a custom dns might solve the issue.
Proud of my state legislature.
First, VPNs are a thing and, second, this won’t stop Gen Z.
👏👏👏
Smart!
Stupid is as stupid does. Anyways a law that can't be enforced might doesn't actually exist. No matter what the governor signs or not.
Hey GovKemp! Why are you never in the news for leading the way? Would love the same for the state of GA!
It’s so urgent that it takes effect in January 2024. This is about the headline.
It should be banned on government devices.
Just go watch YT shorts, they're mostly just tiktok reposts anyway.
We gotta protect the nukes
HopeforVirginia Virginia first Commonwealth to ban TikTok, please?
I’m just gonna start the Hank Green bail fund now.
How exactly will this work
Death of Free Speech
It will be banning Tik Tok on state government devices.
Just delete the tictock app what else do I need to do?
When are they gonna ban Twitter for being owned by the Saudi? I mean, they are the ones who flew planes into the WTC!
People that don’t know the truth applaud this decision. It’s provided me with more legit info vs any other source. If you have bad things coming into your For You page it’s because of you just fyi.
49 to go.
Love it. Love everything about it.
This is a bad idea. The reasons they’ve done this are specious. Watch it run through all red states like wildfire. I’m as red as they come, but this is wrong.
Not good.
They need to inforce the beastiality laws first before they enforce a stupidity law.
The governor could shoot down a balloon taking photos of our military bases, but he can ban an app? Wtf
kayiveyforgov
Feel bad for the 9 Tiktok users there
This would become effective in January 2024. In reading SB 419 it appears to fine any entity that allows access to Tiktok. This could mean companies within Montana that allow their employees to download it. Although, I could be misinterpreting it.
Won't go into effect until Jan 2024. Need to go into effect today.
I'd like to see a law/bill that requires social media/search engines to publically show their algorithms so people can see how they affect people's perceptions of the world & their reality. Please spread love &/or kindness to those in need.
This is so stupid. China doesn't use TikTok to spy on Americans. They use the same thing the NSA uses to spy on Americans. Facebook.
Heard Montana got a new state flag too 🇨🇳
massive hit on fly fishing tokkers
Good they should ban this app that ruins people's minds
Will be fun watching the same leftists who applauded the government locking us in our homes over the flu now condemn the government for protecting us from International identity theft.
A little silly, cause they have no way to enforce this whatsoever as a state. Plus, I'm always against banning things. I think the terrible, terrible press TikTok is getting lately is enough.
china is not spying on the us to see what montana is up to 😭😭
I'm sure this goes against some principle of mine but for some reason I can't bring myself to care
So how does Montana plan to enforce this? If somebody travels to Montana, are they gonna delete TikTok from their phone? Will there be checkpoints? without enforcement, this just signaling and not a real law
Now do all the other Social media for anyone under the age of 18.
I'm usually against banning things but this seems like it's for the best.
Post the bill
No more of that SOB Dylan Mulvaney in that state, I guess
Lmao I hope they have fun trying to get reelected
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