Montana to become first US state to ban TikTok FMTNews FMTWorld
Montana will make it unlawful for Google and Apple’s app stores to offer TikTok within the state from Jan 1, 2024.
TikTok, owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, did not respond to a Reuters question asking if it planned legal action. The app has become wildly popular with teens. According to the Pew Research Center, 67% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 use TikTok, and 16% of all teens say they use the app almost constantly. TikTok has said that the “vast majority” of its users are over the age of 18.
TikTok has repeatedly denied that it has ever shared data with the Chinese government and has said the company would not do so if asked.Montana, which has a population of just over 1 million people, said TikTok could face fines for each violation and additional fines of US$10,000 per day if it violates the ban.
An attempt by former president Donald Trump to ban new downloads of TikTok and WeChat through a commerce department order in 2020 was blocked by multiple courts and never took effect.
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