(Washington Composite Electric) The Montana Parliament of the United States has passed the comprehensive prohibition of short video sharing platform TIKTOK, becoming the first state of the United States to pass such bills.

Montana Parliament on Friday (April 14) in favor of 54 votes and 43 votes against the voting, through the above bills.

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The bill stipulates that the application store cannot provide Tiktok download. The offenders will face a fine of up to $ 10,000 (about S $ 13,300), but people who have installed TIKTOK before the ban can continue to use it.

It is unclear how to perform the ban on Montana.

Tiktok spokesman: will take legal action to stop the ban

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The Act will be sent to the governor of Montana, Governor Ji'an Ford, and is expected to take effect in January 2024.Ji'an Ford has banned the state government's mobile phone installation Tiktok since December 2022.

However, this bill will almost face legal process challenges.Because the nature of the bill is unprecedented in the United States, it may always appeal to the Supreme Court of Washington.

Tiktok's spokesman responded that the company would take legal actions to prevent the ban and let the court decide whether the bill is in line with the US Constitution.

Tiktok pointed out in a statement: "We will continue to fight for Tiktok users and creators in Montana, because their rights given to the people in their livelihood and the first amendment to the Constitution have actually been so seriously overwhelmed by the government.Threat of behavior. "

Tiktok has more than 150 million users in the United States, and many American members are worried that it will share user data with the Chinese government.

Bynden government requires Tiktok to strip out from the Chinese parent company bytes, otherwise it will be prohibited from operating across the United States.

A dozen senators in the United States have proposed the proposal to give the president's power to the president when Tiktok and other foreign technologies constitute the threat of Guoan, and the US President Biden has stated that it will support it.