A bill to bar TikTok in Montana cleared a key hurdle and is on track to reach Gov. Greg Gianforte after a final vote Friday in a test case for efforts to outlaw the app nationwide.
Policymakers in both parties have targeted TikTok over national security and privacy concerns related to its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.
It prohibits people from downloading the app in the state and says, “TikTok may not operate within the territorial jurisdiction of Montana.” TikTok says the bans are unfounded and don’t advance U.S. interests. Its CEO failed to assuage congressional lawmakers in both parties at a recent Capitol Hill hearing, though a handful of lawmakers say the anti-TikTok fervor is an overreaction tied to general concerns about China.
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