Molloy said the ban on the Chinese-owned app is permeated with a pervasive undertone of anti-Chinese sentiment.
TikTok is suing Montana to have the law struck down entirely.
But this paranoiaignores the reality of data collection online.
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The internet is built by design to harvest data and share it with anyone who wants a peek.
In March, congress hauledTikTok CEO Shou Chew in for a brutal five-hour hearing.
TikTok is banned on devices belonging to the federal government, and many states passed similar rules.
Montana, however, broke new ground witha full-on ban in 2023.
This is a preliminary matter at this point.
A 2020 Gizmodo investigation found thatevery major social media platform partners with Chinese ad-tech companies.
The Chinese Communist Party doesnt have to go through TikTok to get its hands on sensitive American data.
China can just buy that data from American companies, and its dirt cheap.
Thats because there are zero comprehensive privacy rules at the federal level, despite widespread misconceptions.
The company maintains that it has not and will never share data with the Chinese government.
TikTok celebrated the legal victory on X, the website formerly known as Twitter.
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