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TikTok sues Montana after state passes a law banning app

The TikTok logo displayed in front of an image of the US national flag. (Photo: Hollie Adams / Bloomberg)
By Reuters
23 May 2023
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TikTok filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Montana after the state passed a law banning the short-video app.

“We are challenging Montana’s unconstitutional TikTok ban to protect our business and the hundreds of thousands of TikTok users in Montana,” TikTok said in the court filing.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward and David Shepardson in Washington; Writing by Paul Grant; Editing by Eric Beech.)

 

 

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