Sept 18 (Reuters) - A group of 18 state attorneys general said on Monday they backed Montana’s effort to ban Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, urging a U.S. judge to reject legal challenges ahead of the Jan. 1 effective date.

  • @SheeEttin
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    191 year ago

    Bytedance is not a US company.

    • [email protected]
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      111 year ago

      Yes but the owners of the OS and app stores are, which is I believe the original commenter’s point. And the text of the bill is not “TikTok you shall pull your app”, it’s “Apple you shall disable the App Store listing”.

      • @SheeEttin
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        51 year ago

        Oh, I see. But not just downloads, it also prohibits operation. https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/billpdf/SB0419.pdf

        But not only do they have an argument on first amendment grounds, given that the company and product are specifically named and targeted, I think this would be considered a bill of a attainder, and explicitly unconstitutional.

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        21 year ago

        It seems more like “These substances are now illegal to sell, possess, or use.” Right or wrong, they made it stick for a very long time.