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  1. November 30, 2023

    TikTok Wins Prelim. Injunction Halting Montana's Ban On App

    A Montana federal judge on Thursday granted TikTok and its users' bid to block a new law that would ban the Chinese social media app within the Treasure State's borders, saying the statute oversteps state power and could infringe on the First Amendment.

  2. September 19, 2023

    18 States Back Montana In Fight Over TikTok Ban

    Virginia and 17 other states backed Montana in TikTok's free speech fight over a new Treasure State law that seeks to ban the Chinese-owned social media app in its borders, arguing that the law is a "garden variety consumer protection statute" and well within the states' police power.

  3. August 21, 2023

    Montana Defends TikTok Ban Against Free Speech Claims

    Montana fired back against arguments by TikTok and its users that a statewide TikTok ban runs afoul of their First Amendment rights and should be blocked, arguing that the "content-neutral" law is narrowly tailored to protect consumers and "regulates one channel of internet expression but leaves all others untouched."

  4. August 11, 2023

    Big Tech Lobbyist Hits Montana Over TikTok Ban

    A trade group representing many of the largest tech companies in the world says Montana cannot be allowed to sustain its recent TikTok ban, arguing that the measure violates the First Amendment by imposing hefty fines on app stores that don't remove the popular video platform.

  5. July 06, 2023

    TikTok, Creators Ask To Block Montana's 'Unprecedented' Ban

    TikTok and a group of creators asked a Montana federal judge Wednesday to block the enforcement of the state's first-of-its-kind ban on the social media platform before the law goes into effect Jan. 1, saying the law's "constitutional defects are extraordinary" and spell out irreparable harm for the app's users.

  6. June 28, 2023

    TikTok Is Funding Creators' Challenge To Montana's Ban

    TikTok has been quietly paying the legal bills for a group of creators who are challenging Montana's first-of-its-kind law banning the social media platform, the creators' counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP confirmed to Law360 on Wednesday.

  7. May 19, 2023

    Montana Faces Uphill Battle To Enforce Its TikTok Ban

    Montana is likely to face stiff legal headwinds as it fends off allegations that its unprecedented TikTok ban is unconstitutional, if the state can't produce any hard evidence of Chinese government interference on the platform.

  8. May 18, 2023

    TikTok Users Say Montana Has No Authority To Ban App

    A group of TikTok users have sued Montana's attorney general over the state's first-of-its-kind law banning the social media platform, slamming the prohibition as unconstitutional and "an attempt to exercise powers over national security that Montana does not have," according to the complaint entered Thursday in federal court.

  9. May 17, 2023

    Montana Gov. Signs State's Total Ban Of TikTok

    Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed a first-of-its-kind law banning TikTok from operating in the state, a move that the popular video app was quick to condemn as unlawful.

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