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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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How does that work? Couldn’t someone just use TOR or a VPN and still use it. I hate TikTok anyway but it seems like it could be bypassed.
Wait, so they’re not penalizing users, but penalizing TikTok for downloads in that state? Whaaaaaat? Wouldn’t that indicate that their concern isn’t about Chinese intelligence?
I’m in high school in Montana, and I really don’t care. I deleted TikTok months ago but that doesn’t mean I think this is good or bad. For one thing, I don’t see this bill as legally enforceable, meaning the supreme court will likely take it down soon anyway. And for another, it doesn’t affect users. It is just about limiting the sale, which for a bit of software legal in the rest of the country, doesn’t seem practically enforceable.
Look at what billionaires spend their money and attention on
Reminder that the *only* difference between TikTok and Facebook/Meta sharing data is who they’re sharing it too. The U.S gets the exact same amount of data if not more from Facebook.
Dude literally said “doesn’t go after 18-19yr olds.. because who knows if they have any assets.” Really explains what this is all about $ 🙄
Apparently Montana is a state in the USA. 🤯
It would be more democratic to educate people on the dangers of TikTok. Bans and book burnings are close relatives and absolute government overreach. People need to be responsible — given information, warnings, and choices.
I don’t do TT but I find it interesting that a state which prides itself on keeping government out of peoples personal business, they are passing a law which restricts people’s personal business….
This just in: every teenager in Montana inexplicably leaving the state the day they hit 18.
Does anyone in Montana even own a phone? Glad they’re blazing the trails of Americas pressing issues…
Government officials seems to be pretty Cavalier about invading people’s privacy and what they can and can’t do
First they started telling women what they can and can’t do with their body
Then they Started telling people what they can and can’t learn
Now they’re dictating what apps you can and can’t use on your phone
I would like to know how they enforce this.
It seems unusual that legislation can target a specific entity by name. If Montana drafted legislation around _types_ of apps, or apps that share a certain level of information with certain types of countries, maybe I could see it. But what happens another app is developed that does the exact same thing, originating from the exact same company? Are they planning to write a new law for every individual app?
And logistics aside, doesn’t this open the door to other types of targeted legislation? In Florida, DeSantis went after Disney. His legislation doesn’t mention Disney by name, nor any identifiers for the particular arrangement they had with t he state, but the criteria laid out in the law exclude everything but Disney. I don’t love that either. Things are going in the wrong direction here.
I bet Montana is #1 in VPN downloads right now. Same thing happened when Utah blocked Pornhub. Like it or not, the internet isn’t something that can simply be banned without outlawing personal computers entirely.
I didnt know that a foreign own app is protected by the constitution!
Awesome just awesome.
I hope we can be as lucky in Washington!
I’m just going to say one word about this past this point: Good.
Yes.good job Montana
What will people have on their phones that the Chinese would want? Also, the rapid spread of alternative ideas is something to think about that happens on TikTok