Montana becomes first US state to ban TikTok

Montana has become the first state to approve a bill that would ban TikTok over the possibility that the Chinese government could request Americans' data from the wildly popular video-streaming app. The bill makes it illegal to download TikTok in the state, with penalties of up to $10,000 a day for any entity that makes the popular video-streaming app available. If enacted, the ban in the state would not start until January 2024. A federal court challenge from TikTok is expected well before then, likely teeing up a legal brawl that supporters of the law in Montana say could eventually wind up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.