The legislation marks the furthest step yet by a state government to restrict TikTok over perceived security concerns and comes as some federal lawmakers have called for a national ban of TikTok. Lawmakers in Montana’s House voted 54-43 to give final approval to the bill, known as SB419. Should Gianforte sign the bill, it would take effect in January. But the legislation could quickly face significant legal challenges.
But the future of Montana’s legislation is uncertain. NetChoice, a technology industry group that counts TikTok as a member, said Friday that SB419 violates the US constitutional prohibition against so-called “bills of attainder,” or legislation that seeks to punish a person without trial.
It will be impossible to enforce this.
Good for Montana … can’t trust the Chicoms
If it's limited to TikTok, then I'm totally fine with it. TikTok is a CCP intelligence gathering operation.
To all those that want to ban all guns like China and North Korea, this should please you because Tik-Tok, Facebook, Twitter, and all social media platforms are banned there too! Total government control, no opinions, no guns, and no freedom either. Sheep!
MT sells over 200 million of beef 2 China and land 4 agricultural use but u can’t use TikTok 😳
The great news ever I've geard since the beginning of the year
Верю что те кто работает на истребление человеческой рассы будут уничтожены Высшими Силами и планета Земля будет зачищена
Because it doesn't own by American.
This is anti-Asian racism.
I have yet to hear from my government as to why Tik Tok is so dangerous. Outside of the fact that it allows all of us to communicate with one another nearly instantly.
Kayodeoshinubi
Congrats
Please support F-16 to Ukraine It will prevent China from invading Taiwan It will prevent the sacrifice of the U.S. military
So, the Montana cops can sizes and search your phone. Sounds like a free society to me.
Ban it!!!
Gubernator Giantfarte thinks he can legally mess with the airwaves? The spectrum is owned by the cell phone companies. How does the state plan to enforce this?
Kid watching funny cat tik tok, guns drawn, get on the ground, stop resisting, arrested, thrown in jail, court, 3 years in jail, America.
They ban tiktok usage but won't ban guns. What a backwards country!
This is crazy controlling our phones as we pay a lot of money for them
Best startup,,, Montana,,,,,
Yea because tiktok doesn't use a bullet, and it is not called AR15
And that has zero chance to stand.....Good waste of time and paper
Good luck with that...
That's why we banned Tik Tok in India.
Yeah this is gonna work…
Breaking the constitution…. Ya real smart jail time
In other news, Montana politicians don’t know how the internet works on phones.
“And so now Tik-Tok is making mashed potatoes”
Time ran out on it. tiktokdown
Drive to Wyoming. Log onto WiFi at the coffee shop. Upload TikTok. Drive back home.
I had planned on moving to Florida, but Montana is looking great. Both equal, but different.
Violation of the freedom of speech imo
So the 1st amendment is bs. The governor is not part of the government? Let the propaganda play, I am sure I would notice. This is burning books on a grander level by one man. We must allow tic toc or we will not see what is coming next. Know your enemy Sun Tzu would say.
NotHoodlum How will Montana enforce this?
Enforcement involves the State paying TicTok for identity of Montana users.
Montana. Always relevant.
You doughnut holes. Tik Tok? You have commissioned people posting national secrets on the internet. Old farts taking it home and sticking it under a wobbly table or using it as place mats for their fancy dinners. Tik Tok, really?
NotHoodlum Unconstitutional. The Feds regulate interstate trade and communication areas. And it would be impossible to enforce.
NotHoodlum So will the Montana thought police monitor camera and look over the shoulder of every school kid to enforce this? How exactly will they monitor the kids when they’re locked up during Active Shooter drills? 🤔
NotHoodlum That’s not going to stand up against our 1st amendment
May as well give up their iPhones as well.
Uh huh...and how are they going to stop it?
Hopefully more states, like all of them, to follow!
The TikTokBan has nothing to do with privacy. Republicans never knew about TikTok until Gen-Z pulled off that stunt of embarrassing Trump. The ban of TikTok is only aimed at silencing a generation that the GOP fears, nothing else. Why not just pass national privacy laws?
Smart. I’m sure CA will make it their main operating system.
Unenforceable gibberish. Are the Montana State Police gonna confiscate every teenager's phone? Surely there are other problems to deal with in Montana.
The party of small government strikes again!
Have they banned guns too?
Is that that freedom thing I so often hear about? Oh, wait…maybe cancel culture?
guess chinese will have to pay meta, google, etc to get all that critical data on the people of montana....
If China stops buying USA debt 🤡🤡
Party of freedom loves restrictions
CCP-loving Democrats & are not happy about this at all.
Tik Tok forced blanket over Montana. The APP is activated The moment you cross state line. Sounds like we living in dictatorships. Kidding we’re under dictatorship.
Wouldn’t that be violating the 1st Amendment that Repugs love to accuse others of doing?
three_cube Hysterical snowflakes banning dance videos in addition to books, drag shows, teaching about racism, what's next?
three_cube 🙄
GregForMontana really wants to lose his next election by a landslide. Montana - where free speech dies.
OK, I'm pretty technologically astute. How in HELL do you block a cloud app in a state where the connections from the device can be anything cellular to wifi to a virtual ISP?
As much as i hate tik tok, VPNS exist. Invest in one.
Bro. The government no longer serves the people. This shit is over we’re just watching it fall
CCP balloons took all the TIKTOC s of Montanas nuke sites they will ever need.
I hate Chinese-owned spyware Tik Tok, but this is some serious Chinese-style censorship. What’s next…no internet for you?
Five months from now
Does the Montana bill restricting and stopping TikTok use Wi-Fi? I really need an answer to this .
Have anyone watched Yellowstone ? Great series that for us, on civilized land, explains the state. Very enlightening. And a recommendation: great to visit, never live there.
tiktok banned Pornhub can be used easily
This is one of the many reasons we voted republican in Montana. Chinese spy apps have no place here.
senschool Can the 500 people who live in Montana please raise their hands? lol
Seriously 😒
What happens to tourists or pple from other states ?
whatever. like 5 people live in Montana.
“What cha in for kid” asked the jailer. “Using Tik Tok” said the kid.
So no freedom of speech?
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China is not our good pal after all.
This is a stupid bill, Is he going to door to door to remove the app. And I don't think China is going to remove the app..
Is Pokémon also banned ?
Unconstitutional 📛
Government taking steps to control what propaganda they approve you to see
Can we get a ban on wind?
MSNBC & CNN repeat tweets to appear as though they are involved in breaking news and opinions of value or deep thought. What’s worse, is that individuals making similar comments against them get screened and questioned by Twitter analysts. Repeat.
This is manifestation of Christian terrorism
That legislation is unconstitutional!
Who lives in Montana 😂
This is ostensibly bc of security concerns but 4 of the top 10 most downloaded apps in the U.S. during 3/23 came from China: Temu, SHEIN, TikTok & Capcut. - Axios No one's trying to ban the other 3. The real reason they're banning TikTok = bc it exposes kids to liberal views.
It's all about protecting their own market by those big corporations like Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and so on.... These American cooperations do not want a foreign social media app to have a slice of their advertising sales and revenue. As simple as that.
Couldn't someone just use a VPN?
I’m glad the government is controlling my choices. It should not be left up to its own devices whats on my devices.
Of course in a climate when whatever was used to speak truth to power is being taken over by the wealthy, powerful and connected, something that was used by the young often to speak to Trump and the GOP is being squashed by Republicans. Yes, I understand the security concerns,
Why is that?
This is silly.
Bold move. Biden should do it too. But no, he’ll instead listen to AirAOC. No cajones, that Biden. Knows he should ban it but knows it could cost votes.
I found a treasure in Tik Tok, the smallest and closest planet to Earth that was not discovered by NASA, strange creatures sharing Tik Tok with us through a strange connection😁
Montana seceded?
ban and bar podcasts next?
You’d think there would be bigger problems to worry about than TikTok Montana
Awesome
Solved by downloading a vpn
Will they ban all the other apps including popular video games from China as well ?or just the one that they got paid to ban ?
It’s all about control, RATpublicans want to control what evah they can,
To be honest, I think Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg pays the politician, lots of money, and this is what the governments going to do block tick-tock it’s to help Facebook not lose members etc.
Government censorship ...
Like so much junk legislation coming out of red states this is impossible to enforce
Attempting to silence young people?
Watching from Uganda the land of freedom problem with American you only think that all good things belong to you
I’ve never used it before but all this talk about wanting to ban it has made me interested in trying it out. Usually if they wanna take something from you it’s because that’s something worth having.
Plenty of similar apps not owned by a spying communist country
Almighty Xi is just smiling..
What about Joe Biden’s TicTok influencers he’s housing in the WH to influence the 24 election. Can they still get them?
👍
Montana is where freedom goes to die.
🇺🇸🗽very very nice,beautiful🗽
Wow!! Some of us make a living off TikTok!! This isn’t right!! I’ve also learned most of my life advise from there. It’s a very useful app
Seriously question, how exactly is that going to work?
How is this legal?
Hahahaha let’s add all states.
My Google and Facebook 'spy' on me more.
Lol
Way to lock-in the youth vote! ✊✊✊
Thankfully students can still get shot in class with an assault rifle
And Biden is using the China spy app to support his election campaign?
Good luck on this one. It wont stick and will end up costing Montana more money then the state has revenue coming in to fight this lawsuit. The government should step back and remember who it works for! The people! And have they asked the people of Montana.
Proof that freedom of choice is fake in the US.
republican so misguided and wasteful with taxpayers time and money
Elon Musk on the rise! Perfect timing for the everything app.
Good
Watch carefully. Our rights as a citizen are disappearing. But hey, you guys voted this embarrassment in.
Ever heard of VPN’s? Pointless legislation with 0 ways to legitimately stop downloading
Phill Jackson the only person i ever heard of that lives in Montana
How many kids will be making tiktoks tomorrow on how to use VPNs? Teens today are brighter than the politicians.
Have they not heard of VPN?
Make vpn great again
This is asinine. 😑
I'm glad the united states isn't sprinting rightward and becoming a fascist hellscape.
Oh wow.
FU Montana.
The biggest threat to a child is a phone/tablet. Why do you think the country is in such disrepair? People have stopped being friendly, hardworking, and compassionate. FB should be banned next. Tik tok is a foreign spyware and FB is right there with it. Wake up, ya'll.
Our literal devices are all made in China I DO NOT UNDER THIS. If China wanted to spy wouldn't they already do it within our products we buy from them. This is so laughable.
This will Fail. First Amendment Rights. Sorry China is not that stupid. The best way win is to use the laws against you. Remember this is VPN world. Which means use another sever and you can still access your TikTok. You can shut them all down. There first arrest will be the last
TrumpWasRightAboutEverything
About time!!! If you all read the agreements of TikTok, what it accessed, and knew the agenda behind it. Our country, as a whole, is in serious trouble, and we need to wake up!! Quit staring into our phones so much, and pay attention to the real world!! Generation X here, btw...
Don’t panic Tik Tok, it’s Montana there’s like 3 people there
It’s very doable. Russia banned Pokémon go from inside their country.
billbirtles If this blatantly censorship motive is to prevent TikTok deliverables from being seen this is not going to work. TikTok content can be viewed on Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media. So if people are either happy or disenchanted with government it will show.
Say goodbye to Free speech folks, hope you enjoyed it.
This is against human rights. Montana should be sanctioned by UN.
If our weak government doesn’t do it, states should
So what is the find? The consequence of caught?
Montana also just legalized Safe Haven Baby Boxes, so you can legally abandon your newborn by sticking it in a designated box in a wall and walking away. They call that 'being responsible.'
I hate tik tok too, but here in the US, we should be about freedom. The same means used to enforce this ban will be used to control and police the internet. Do u wanna be China This is literally how u become just like them, which has probably been the plan the whole time..
Why so yall can hide what's really going on in the world? Tiktok is the ONLY social media that doesn't take away our freedom of speech. And now yall want to BAN it because of the TRUTH. God I can't wait until every single one of us citizens gets sick of your shit.
Wow. More will follow suit.
The only way they're going to ban tiktok from my phone is if they make the app stores restrict it. I don't use tiktok btw. I watch them on youtube which makes you wonder, why does tiktok exist?
I’m so tired of this shit nation. Our babies are dying and our government cares more about tik tok🤦 can’t wait for all these old farts to leave office
This is gonna backfire hard
VPN sales are going to skyrocket
Well that'll secure the youth vote.
I mean, serious question...how are they going to implement this law?
hankgreen they’re coming after your profession
About time f..k tic tac..
I thought we were the land of the free.
Good. Guvment workers don’t need to be wasting time on TikTok.
Is it even constitutional? This seems to be a major Commerce Clause violation.
Yay less silly Americans videos to watch 👏
Bruh literally 1984 no joke
Good luck with that Montana.
Freedom as fuck huh
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All because Trump was embarrassed by TikTok fans.
How is this even enforceable? Can you not drive through Montana if you have a device with TikTok on it? WTF?
this law is not only unconstitutional, it's also unenforceable. GOP legislatures do performance art, not legislation. They are all about trolling, not governing. They want to own the libs, not serve their communities.
How will that be enforced
There are going to be lawsuits. So Montana is going order Google and Apple to remove Tik Tok from their platforms, they run the vast majority of smartphones . Good luck 😂 But those who have already have the app would still have it on their phones 😜
Good for Montana! Moving my kids there ASAP!
Ridiculous. 😓
Case going to the courts…first are bodies and now our tik tok…
Only a million people supposed to be living there. Old people, I guess.
Aaaaand how much has Montana GOP received in donations from Meta?
Looks like we are getting closer of loosing the freedom of speech,one step closer in becoming a comunist country
Insane. This bill will get thrown out before it goes into effect. This is just saber rattling by politicians who don’t understand what TikTok is and how it works.
Bravo, good job Guys, get this crap out…
Another great example of a party focused on the rights of the individual.
Govt already trying to get too much power over a person. Until they pay my phone bill and my phone, I will watch and use TikTok whenever I want...PERIOD.
Or what
I thought bans didn't work.
And the internet providers are supposed to know where the device is? Ha ha ha
Whelp, looks like it's back to jail breaking phones. In about year or so you'll watch phone prices drop because people won't buy new phones and will only use phones that are jailbroken.
Good riddance
The party of small government gets their rocks off on trying to control our lives and I am SICK OF IT GregForMontana 🖕🏼
Is Montana the least freedom state?
Sucks for all 8,000 citizens of Montana 😉
The Land of the Free 🤣🤡
I say we ban churches next. Hell, if we are going to ban everything right wingers don't like, we should at least ban what is actually destructive.
I have a feeling Montana will get sued and lose
One reason I denied the offer to Montana State University
Sounds like communism to me
Apple’s App Store is going to put up with this?
Lmfao so they gonna set up road blocks at all roads coming in the state and do phone searches now......remember this is the party of small government lol
They’re that worried about an app right now than ANYTHING ELSE? I can’t bring kids into this world guys this is it.
They’ll ban Tik Tok before they do any kind of gun laws. Pathetic.
Maybe ban the people that are posting the shit content instead? The junk journal, baking, and photography tiktokers i follow havent done anything wrong XD
Clearly they don't know anything about changing VPN
Lol
It’s a slippery slope when you start allowing the government to take away anyone’s right because they will always keep going and come for yours.
DIVERSION FROM CLARENCE THOMAS... Speculation, Thomas and wife under investigation. Tiktok a diversion from real news.
Good luck with that. TikTok is the number one app. I get all my information within hours then see it on Twitter a week later and FB and Instagram 2 or more weeks later LMAO 🤣
I think it's a good and correct move
What a bunch of BS. Republicans are hypocrites. So much for so called freedoms. U.S is like China now! Hiding what is also happening in Ukraine. Lying and downplaying covid. Both parties doing it. GOP GovGianforte
This is why Republicans were so bad at managing Pandemic. Clueless on transmission and containment. Like viruses and app don’t observe state borders.
Vote them out! This is just one step to controlling all media. Absolutely ridiculous.
This is how you do it guys! This is definitely how you convince Gen Z to vote for you in future elections. NOT. Keep alienating people, republicans. See what happens.
Let the republic work the way it’s supposed to. Let the states govern and let the citizens challenge. It works. This federal centralized agenda our media seems to love is the road to misery.
According to the article, 'Individual users of TikTok ... would not be penalized for accessing TikTok', which is the one good thing.
Next thing you know, governments will tell women what they can or can't do with their bodies... oh wait
On individual’s personal devices? You mean the state is saying they can’t go on TikTok? Aren’t republicans the same folks who lost their sh*t for wearing masks & getting vaccines?
TIK-TOK SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE U.S.A.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 These people have no idea how the internet works 🤣🤣
Did they forget about shit real people care about? This is a waste of time. If the republicans aren’t too busy being arrested for being pedophiles, they’re stuck on going after things most don’t care about. Get rid of them!
And it begins
Thats fine, leave our VPNs alone though
Jfc
The land of the free*.
Hey USConst_Amend_I you seeing this shit?
Enforceable? 🤔
Unenforceable BS. What, do they stop everyone at state lines and check their phones? One could also argue that it goes against freedom of the press and association. And if TicToc is the precedent for collecting data does that not also apply to Facebook, Twitter, Google etc, etc?
And so it begins as Montana takes the first step to ban TikTok.
I could understand govt issues devices but this seems too far Everyday citizens are data harvested by American big tech Seems more like pandering to me
I guess they think TikTok will keep Gen Z young people from communicating about voting? just wait!!!
What happens the next time I drive thru Montana with TikTok on my tablet? Will there be a big sign at all entrances - Delete your TikTok?
😑 we have children afraid to go to school and fearing for their lives, human beings are afraid of their own country, but TIKTOK IS THE PROBLEM? 🤦🏼♀️
We are slowly becoming a dictatorship. Censoring tiktok because of worldwide info share (that’s what it is), but not banning FB after all they did with the Russian bots over the last few years.
So TikTok banning is more important than addressing and solving school shootings smh ‘merica
Well that’s one way to piss off Gen Z
Good! Tik Tok is literally making mankind stupider.
So to remove this Chinese app we are going to behave in an Chinese communist way and pass a sweeping ban on an app? What next?
I'm getting too fat, can they ban gravity next? it would make things a lot easier if i could just fly around.
The Republican states are going to do this ( Midwest and southern states )
Ummm sure. They gonna ban Facebook next? You know the company that scraped everyone’s profiles and sold the data to Cambridge Analytica?
Facebook censors and monitors about 99% more than TikTok. But they're banning TickTok because you can obtain the truth from it.
And so it begins!! The loss of freedom on choice has begun.. Welcome to the communist America..
Good
Unconstitutional...federal government regulates the airwaves...
The land of the free, not More... Now is the land of what republicans want. Funny when they kick 🦵 them out
So much for the land of the free
Freedom!!! 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
School shootings? Election fraud? Child poverty? No no no ban TikTok!!!!
How are some of you guys feeling about AR 15's now...
Another reason to use a VPN
Good
Republicans all about freedom of speech these days huh?
Welcome to China and north Korea
1. Waste of time because it cant be enforced 2. This set a horrible precedent allowing government to ban a social media platform 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
All of this because TikTok users got together and fake RSVP’ed for a trump rally and then no one showed up. The pettiness is at an all time level with these clowns, good luck trying to enforce that. 😂😂😂
Look at all that small government the republicunts are always going on about
AR-15 rifles are fine though? 🙄
democrats- Tax the rich, give up your guns, accept tic-toc, show your kids porn, get the vaccine and everything will be okay