TikTok launches the answer. The social network has initiated legal proceedings against the US state of Montana, to annul the law recently adopted by the local administration that aims to ban the social network in its territory, on Monday, May 22.
The video platform alleges that the Montana law, which provides for prohibiting the download of the application as of January 1, 2024, “illegally restricts one of the fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment,” according to the text of the complaint consulted. for the American medium. npr.
Montana had notably presented alleged national security risks to justify the TikTok ban. But company lawyers say Montana does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate those matters, which they say fall under federal jurisdiction.
A few days earlier, several content creators had also started their own legal proceedings to overturn the law.
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Source: BFM TV
