Starting next year, Montana will prohibit app stores from offering the video-sharing platform to users. The state's governor said the ban protects people from alleged Chinese surveillance.
EDnews informs via CNN that Montana Governor Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed a bill banning TikTok, with the law set to come into effect on January 1, 2024.
The Chinese-owned video-sharing platform has been at the center of privacy concerns, with lawmakers in Washington increasingly calling for a wider ban.
"To protect Montanans' personal and private data from the Chinese Communist Party, I have banned TikTok in Montana," Gianforte wrote on Twitter.