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Montana becomes the first US state to ban tictok
Montana has become the first US state to prohibit the Chinese developed social media app Tiktok, as its Republican governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill.
Helena, Montana – Montana has become the first US state to prohibit the Chinese developed social media app TiktokAs its Republican governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill in team on Wednesday.
Montana -Governor Greg Gianforte has banned TikTok in the state. © Collage: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP & 123RF / WhiteBarbie
“To protect Montanan’s personal and private information from the Chinese Communist Party, I have banned Tiktok in Montana,” Gianforte tweeted after signing the bill.
The New rule Forbids app stores from offering the video sharing app from January 1, 2024 and prevents TikTok from acting as a company in the state.
For each day, the social media platform is still available, app providers would have to pay a fine of $ 10,000. Users do not have a fine, and those who already have the app on their own device are not affected.
Tiktok did not initially respond to the legal change. Moods that challenge the ban based on the right to freedom of expression are expected.
TikTok is already banned on US government units
Tictok has already been owned by the Chinese company prohibited on government -issued units In Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, among cyber security problems.
The app has more than one billion users all over the world and is widely used in the US and Europe, which drives fear that Chinese authorities and secret services may use the app to collect information from users or to disseminate influence.
The company has rejected such charges.
Cover photo: Collage: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP & 123RF / WhiteBarbie
