"Montana Becomes 1st State to Approve a Full Ban of TikTok"

Montana has recently become the first state to approve a bill that would ban TikTok. On Friday, the GOP-controlled Montana House of Representatives sent the bill to Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, who can now sign the measure into law. If signed into law, it would be illegal to download TikTok in the state, with penalties of up to $10,000 a day for any entity, such as Apple and Google's app stores or TikTok itself, that makes the popular video-streaming app available. If enacted, the ban in the state would start in January 2024. Since ByteDance owns TikTok, the fear is that the Chinese Communist Party could request access to the 150 million TikTok accounts in America and potentially spy on U.S. citizens or use the personal data to mount disinformation campaigns on the app.'

NPR reports: "Montana Becomes 1st State to Approve a Full Ban of TikTok"