Montana becomes first state to ban TikTok



Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed the country’s first law restricting downloads of TikTok. The platform has responded in a statement saying the ban “infringes on the First Amendment rights of the people of Montana.” NBC’s Danny Cevallos reports.

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20 comments

  1. Wow the governor doesn't have any bigger issues in his state? So he has to create one? Why don't we focus on the homeless, water, jobs world climate, crime , etc . Just wow

  2. me when the US government tries to Ban social media, music, art, video games, etc in the past, but doesn't even try to ban guns which harm more Americans every day

  3. The traditional new media gave zero Fs about the Parler app ban and now they act like its a freedom of speech issue for tiktok. LOL the hypocrisy of the left wing media is 100 percent. Social media especially tiktok is making everyone dumb and shorting the average attention span! It's also ok for US social media companies to steal all are data but not Chinese apps…

  4. ❤❤❤ awesome News!!

  5. Banning TikTok from the public never felt like an ideal solution because of this. Don’t understand why a state government is taking up an sensitive issue with a poor solution.

  6. I think we should ban it for every state.

  7. TikTok add prior to this vidy, funny

  8. Tik Tok Users Is Mad Rn 😂! GET A REAL JOB! WALMART IS HIRING 😂!

  9. the right is as $t|_|p1d as the left.

  10. I hope they will block tiktok, snapchat and reels/stories on all platforms nationwide and criminalize the use by users as well.

  11. Good, now band TikTok in the entire country. More toxic in our culture than guns.

  12. Needs a nation wide ban

  13. What an authoratian State Montana is!

  14. How is TikTok information gathering anymore lawful than Facebook information gathering we can’t bend it just because it’s “the Chinese government” we need a blanket privacy law. And a ban on collecting and selling personal information.

  15. Not to mention how many individuals and small businesses make a living off of TikTok. I hope this becomes a class action lawsuit because Montana is infringing on a lot of peoples rights.