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Coverage dated October 11, 2023

Content creators challenging Montana's ban on TikTok to appear in court

Headline from FOX 4 Dallas

Montana was the first state to pass a complete ban on TikTok, based on the argument that the Chinese government could gain access to user information.

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  1. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    TikTok and content creators challenging Montana's ban face off with the state in federal court (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    TikTok and Montana faced off in federal court on Thursday in a case filed by the video sharing app and five Montana content creators who want the court to temporarily block the state's ban on the platform before it takes effect Jan. 1.

  2. FOX 4 Dallas

    Content creators challenging Montana's ban on TikTok to appear in court (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

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    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    Montana was the first state to pass a complete ban on TikTok, based on the argument that the Chinese government could gain access to user information.

  3. Daily Journal

    Judge to hear arguments from TikTok and content creators who are challenging Montana's ban on app (opens Daily Journal)

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    Daily Journal's feed description

    A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday in a case filed by TikTok and five Montana content creators who want the court to block the state’s ban on the video sharing app before it takes effect Jan. 1. U.S.

  4. Fox News

    TikTok content creators to present arguments against Montana’s ban on Chinese-owned social media app (opens Fox News)

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    A judge is scheduled to hear arguments from several content creators challenging Montana’s ban on TikTok, a move that was passed over concerns that China could access user data.

  5. The Guardian

    ‘Your argument just confuses me’: judge questions Montana TikTok ban (opens The Guardian)

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    Federal judge seems to side with ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation that ban is unenforceable and unconstitutional

  6. CNN

    Federal judge rips into Montana's statewide TikTok ban (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    A Montana federal judge on Thursday tore into a contested state law that bans TikTok from all personal devices, saying in a hearing that the legislation appears driven by “paternalistic” views of social media users and suggesting lawmakers could have taken many steps short of an attempted ban to ach…

  7. Portland Press Herald

    Montana federal judge voices doubt over state’s first-in-the-nation TikTok ban (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    District Judge Donald Molloy said Montana had not substantiated its claims that TikTok users' data was being 'stolen' or misused.

  8. Gizmodo

    Montana Struggles to Convince Judge to Back Its Historic TikTok Ban (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    A federal judge deciding the fate of the ban questioned why the state should prevent users from willfully sharing their data with TikTok.

  9. Washington Post

    Montana federal judge voices doubt over state’s TikTok ban (opens Washington Post)

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    District Judge Donald Molloy said the state had not substantiated its claims that TikTok users’ data was being “stolen” or misused.

  10. Green Field Reporter

    Judge to hear arguments from TikTok and content creators who are challenging Montana's ban on app - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday in a case filed by TikTok and five Montana content creators who want the court to block the state’s ban on the video sharing app before it takes effect Jan. 1. U.S.

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