TikTok has been banned in Montana. The first US state-level ban of the increasingly embattled social video app is already proving controversial, although it will not take effect until 2024.
Why has TikTok been banned?
According to Montana’s governor, Greg Gianforte, the move was “to protect Montanans’ personal and private data from being harvested by the Chinese Communist party.” The ban comes after a federal move to stop government…