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The law is seen an important test case. More than a dozen other states are weighing similar bans of the wildly popular video-streaming app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company.
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A federal judge in Missoula heard arguments Thursday on Montana’s law to ban Tik Tok in the state. The judge pressed state attorneys over previous statements made by the attorney general that appear to contradict the state’s legal defense.
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A lawsuit over Montana’s first-of-its-kind ban on TikTok is working its way toward a hearing this fall.
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Gov. Greg Gianforte signed an executive order Thursday extending the state’s bipartisan housing task force. The Custer Gallatin National Forest released the final decision Thursday for a burning, logging, and thinning project in eastern Montana. Two separate lawsuits against Montana’s TikTok ban have been consolidated into one legal proceeding.
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A lawsuit by Montana-based video creators on TikTok against the state’s recent first-of-its-kind law banning the app is being funded by the social media company. Montana wildlife officials are asking residents for feedback on the latest draft of the state’s new plan to manage elk.
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Montana Public Radio’s John Hooks has been tracking the progress of the new TikTok ban law and spoke to MTPR's Austin Amestoy about the ban’s uncertain path forward.
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Gianforte signed a bill Wednesday that makes Montana the first state in the country to ban TikTok within its borders.
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A statewide ban on TikTok is headed to the governor’s desk for consideration. Lawmakers in favor of the bill said they were concerned about TikTok, the popular video sharing app, providing user data to the Chinese government.
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A bill introduced into the Senate Business Labor and Economic Affairs Committee Monday would prohibit internet service providers or any other company from allowing anyone within Montana’s borders access to the app TikTok under the threat of a $10,000 fine per incident compounded daily until people are no longer able to access the app.
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TikTok’s presence within the Montana University System has all but vanished on Tuesday. That’s when the Commissioner of Higher Education, Clay Christian, issued a directive barring the immensely popular video sharing app from any university-owned devices or networks.