Federal judge blocks Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on TikTok,...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Meanwhile, 18 attorneys generals from mostly Republican-led states are backing Montana and asking the judge to let the law be implemented.
49% : A federal judge ruled Thursday, Nov. 30, that Montana can't enforce a first-in-the-nation law banning the video sharing app TikTok in the state while a legal challenge to the law moves through the courts.
47% : "Despite the state´s attempt to defend (the law) as a consumer protection bill, the current record leaves little doubt that Montana´s legislature and Attorney General were more interested in targeting China´s ostensible role in TikTok than with protecting Montana consumers," Molloy wrote Thursday.
43% : "We look forward to presenting the complete legal argument to defend the law that protects Montanans from the Chinese Communist Party obtaining and using their data.
40% : HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana's first-in-the-nation law banning the video-sharing app TikTok in the state has been blocked while a legal challenge to the law moves through the courts, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

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