Montana Just Voted To Pass Statewide Ban On TikTok

Pending the signature of Montana’s governor, Greg Gianforte, the state is prepared to ban TikTok on personal devices as well as bars app stores from offering TikTok. It would be the first state in the U.S. to pass legislation prohibiting downloads of the wildly popular video-streaming app within state lines.
KTVH reports that Montana’s House of Representatives voted 54-43 in favor of the bill on Friday afternoon. This comes on the heels of the state’s Senate approval of the bill back in March. Set to go into effect in January 2024 if signed, SB 419, as the bill is known, would fine any “entity” $10,000 for even discrete violations of the ban, with an additional $10,000 for each day the violation continues. Montana also banned the use of TikTok on state devices last year.