Shulou(Shulou.com)12/24 Report--

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Coje_He and soft media users 1520111 for their clue delivery! On Thursday, December 1, Beijing time, a federal judge in Montana suspended the state's first state ban on TikTok, saying it "probably violates the first Amendment to the Constitution."

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy (Donald Molloy) issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday to prevent Montana from enforcing a TikTok ban. Molloy believes that the ban is clearly not intended to protect consumers in Montana, but against foreign governments. TikTok has more than 150 million users in the United States, and more than 1/3 Montana residents use the app.

"without TikTok, user plaintiffs are deprived of the right to communicate in the way they prefer to communicate, so it is appropriate to review this under the first Amendment." Molloy said. Montana had previously argued that the law did not violate the first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Judge Molloy issued a preliminary injunction, and the formal verdict will be announced in a future judge's trial, which has not yet been decided. Montana may appeal.

However, Molloy also pointed out in the preliminary judgment that the TikTok side provided a better argument in this case, indicating that TikTok has the possibility of winning in the final judgment. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (Austin Knudsen) helped draft the TikTok ban. He had previously said the case could eventually go to the Supreme Court.

"We are pleased to see that the judge rejected this unconstitutional law and hundreds of thousands of Montanans can continue to express themselves, earn a living and find communities on TikTok," Alex Haurek, a spokesman for TikTok, said in a statement.

Emily Cantrell (Emilee Cantrell), a spokeswoman for Montana Attorney General Knudsen, said in a statement that the case was still at a "preliminary" stage, and the judge had previously said that "as the case progresses and the state government has the opportunity to provide complete factual records, the analysis of the case may change."We look forward to presenting complete legal arguments to defend the law that protects Montana data." Cantrell said.

In May, Greg Gianforte, the Republican governor of Montana, signed a law banning the use of TikTok,2024 on a statewide basis, effective January 1. The ban greatly exceeds the more limited rules previously passed by more than 30 states and federal agencies to ban the use of TikTok only on government-owned equipment and networks.

Subsequently, TikTok and five Montana TikTok creators sued Montana separately, and the two lawsuits were later merged. They said the ban violated users' first Amendment rights by accusing TikTok of wrongdoing without evidence. TikTok said it did not share data with foreign governments.

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