Short video application TIKTOK filed a lawsuit on Monda, USA on Monday (May 22), local time, saying that Montana ’s state -to -block TIKTOK bill has violated the freedom of speech of the United States Constitution.
Comprehensive Reuters and Bloomberg reported that TIKTOK claimed in the lawsuit that Montana will take effect on January 1 next year to violate the company and user's presence of the first amendment of the US Constitution.Free right.
Tiktok also said that the issuance of the ban on Tiktok is not within the scope of Montana, because dealing with foreign entities is completely exclusive to the federal government.The case was proposed for Austin Knudsen, the prosecutor of Montana, who was responsible for the execution of the ban.
Greg GianForte, the Governor of the Montana, signed a bill to block Tiktok in the state on the 17th of this month.The bill prohibits Chinese byte beating its TIKTOK operating in the state, and prohibits application stores such as Google and Apple to provide the application.Any entity that violates this law will be fined $ 10,000 (about S $ 13,000) per day.Tiktok's personal users will not be punished, and it is unclear how the ban will be implemented.
Tiktok said in the statement on Monday that the above -mentioned extraordinary and unprecedented measures are based on no basis of guessing, and reiterate that the company does not and shares data from American users with the Chinese government.The company has taken substantive measures to protect the privacy and security of Tiktok users."We believe that based on the extremely powerful preceding and facts, we will win the lawsuit."
Knuzsen spokesman said that the state is ready to respond to the lawsuit.The spokesman said: "We are expected to encounter legal challenges and have been fully prepared to defend this law that helps to protect the privacy and security of Mengda people."
