Montana's TikTok ban is unconstitutional and makes no sense


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Montana has become the first US state to ban TikTok, forbidding the popular social media app from operating within the state's borders. The state law also compel s Apple and G oogle to drop TikTok from their app stores under penalty of a $10,000-per-day fine. "To protect Montanans' personal and private data from the Chinese Communist Party, I have banned TikTok in Montana," governor Greg Gianforte wrote on Twitter. Advertisement Only, the ban does neither of those things. And experts say it's extremely unlikely to hold up in court. TikTok access is a First Amendment issue TikTok has received bipartisan…