Montana becomes the first state to pass state Tiktok ban

Helena, Montana – After months of increasing political hostility toward TiktokMontana has become the first US state to approve a bill to set a direct ban on the platform.

Montana’s House of Representatives on Friday passed SB 419, a bill that prohibits the download of Tiktok in the state.

Anyone who makes access to the app possible would be fined $ 10,000 per day, as of January 2024. On the other hand, users are not targeted.

The bill is now on the way to the desk to Montana -Governor Greg Gianforte, who previously signed a bill that prohibits Tiktok from government units. Similar measures have been taken in almost half of the US states, as well as on one Federal level.

It is not entirely clear how a total ban would work in practice because app stores have previously argued That they cannot “geofence” individual apps, making them inaccessible to people in some states.

Given the major breadth of the ban, legal challenges are expected.

TikTok, which is currently fighting two -party attacks in the United States, responded to the Montana ban with a statement to CBS News: “The Bill’s Champions have admitted that they have no feasible plan to operational this attempt to censor American votes and that the constitutional of the bill will is decided by the courts.

The platform has so far resisted the pressure to break its connections to China, which has been cited by critics As a reason to doubt its security and security.