On Monday, TikTok Inc filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana new ban on the use of Chinese-owned short video app.
TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance, argues for the ban, which it would take effect on January 1, violates First Amendment rights of Company and users.
The lawsuit filed in US District Court in montana, also He argues that the ban is pre-empted by federal law because it gets in the way of Exclusive federal concern and violates the Trade Clause of The US Constitution, which limits power of Countries should enact legislation that unduly burdens interstate and foreign commerce.
Montana is first US state’s attempt to ban TikTok. Former President Donald Trump in 2020 sought to ban new downloads of TikTok, Chinese-owned WeChat and other transactions, which the two companies said they would have effectively blocked use of the appsbut a series of court decisions blocked bans who took effect.
company also He argues that the state is “kicking out TikTok, and… just Tik Tok, from the state for Purely punitive reasons, as evidenced by the state decision single out Plaintiff for harsh penalties based on on Speculative concerns about TikTok data security and content moderation practices.
Last week, five TikTok users in Montana who Creates content posted on The short video app sued in A federal court is seeking to block the state’s ban.
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed a law to ban TikTok in the state. The law makes it illegal for TikTok for business in the country and for application stores of Alphabet Inc subsidiary Google and Apple Inc provide TikTok within the state of Montana.
TikTok lawsuit names Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, who fraught with law enforcement. Knudsen office He did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.
