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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Montana Sets Itself Up for First Amendment Lawsuits With TikTok Ban

Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed a highly unconstitutional statewide ban on TikTok. The measure prohibits app stores from offering TikTok for download to the phones of Montana residents and also says flatly that "Tiktok may not operate within the territorial jurisdiction of Montana."

Any entity that violates the ban can be fined $10,000 for each violation and "an additional $10,000 each day thereafter that the violation continues" (but penalties "do not apply to users of tiktok," the law states).

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