Montana became the first state on Friday to pass legislation banning TikTok on all personal devices, sending a bill to Gov. Greg Gianforte prohibiting TikTok from operating within state lines and barring app stores from offering TikTok for downloads.
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.
"The governor will carefully consider any bill the Legislature sends to his desk," said Brooke Stroyke, a spokesperson for Gianforte. In December, Gianforte banned TikTok from state government devices and the following month urged the Montana University System to follow suit, which it did.
The U.S. government has called for TikTok to be spun off from its Chinese owners, while TikTok has said that it can address the national security concerns by erecting a "firewall" around U.S. user data, part of an initiative it calls Project Texas. Design it For Us, a coalition of youth activists pushing for changes to platform regulation, lamented that the perspectives of internet natives were not reflected in the bill.
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