Federal judge seems to side with ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation that ban is unenforceable and unconstitutional

A federal judge appeared skeptical about Montana’s TikTok ban in a hearing on Thursday, telling representatives of the state that their argument for restrictions on the app “just confuses me”.

US district judge Donald Molloy heard arguments in a case filed by TikTok and five Montana content creators who want the court to block the state’s ban on the video-sharing app before it takes effect 1 January.

Molloy called the impending ban “paternalistic”, according to the Washington Post. After an hour, Molloy ended the hearing without ruling on the request for an injunction on the digital prohibition.

  • themeatbridge
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    -31 year ago

    The judge’s argument is not particularly compelling. “Everybody voluntarily smokes weed. If they want to give that chemical to their brain, how is it you can protect them.”

    • @[email protected]
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      111 year ago

      uh I think it’s actually quite a good comparison. The only way to “protect” them is to make them the enemy, like smoking weed. Which is a terrible idea and we shouldn’t try to stop them from smoking weed in the first place.