App stores could be fined $10,000 a day.
Governor Greg Gianforte signed into law a bill that prohibits app stores from offering TikTok within the the state by next year. The social media app, owned by China’s ByteDance, has come under U.S. scrutiny for fears that it gives user data to the Chinese government. In March, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before a technology-bewildered Congress.
TheThe Montana law would fine any “entity” $10,000 for every day TikTok is available to Montanans. Penalties do not apply to users, rather app stores and the app itself would face the fine. The law is expected to face legal challenges, with the policy director for Montana’s ACLU chapter saying the law “trampled on the free speech of hundreds of thousands of Montanans who use the app to express themselves, gather information and run their small business in the name of anti-Chinese sentiment.
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