Posted on Dec 1, 2023
Federal judge blocks Montana's TikTok ban before it takes effect
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A federal judge has blocked a law in Montana that sought to ban TikTok across the state, delivering a blow to an unprecedented attempt to completely restrict a single app within a state's borders.
The ruling, which came on Thursday, means that Montana's TikTok ban, which was set to go into effect on Jan. 1, has now been temporarily halted.
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said Montana's TikTok ban "oversteps state power" and "likely violates the First Amendment."
Molloy wrote that though officials in Montana have defended the law as an attempt to protect consumers in the state, there is "little doubt that Montana's legislature and Attorney General were more interested in targeting China's ostensible role in TikTok than with protecting Montana consumers," the judge wrote.
A federal judge has blocked a law in Montana that sought to ban TikTok across the state, delivering a blow to an unprecedented attempt to completely restrict a single app within a state's borders.
The ruling, which came on Thursday, means that Montana's TikTok ban, which was set to go into effect on Jan. 1, has now been temporarily halted.
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said Montana's TikTok ban "oversteps state power" and "likely violates the First Amendment."
Molloy wrote that though officials in Montana have defended the law as an attempt to protect consumers in the state, there is "little doubt that Montana's legislature and Attorney General were more interested in targeting China's ostensible role in TikTok than with protecting Montana consumers," the judge wrote.
Federal judge blocks Montana's TikTok ban before it takes effect
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State of Montana
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Mankind is inherently evil, so trying to ban something that is really not good for people, especially young folk, is a never ending futile attempt.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
On this one I must disagree. I believe mankind is inherently good. But I acknowledge there are some strong cases of the opposite.
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PO1 H Gene Lawrence
MSG Stan Hutchison - if mankind was inherently good, then there would be no need for laws to keep folks in line.
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