‘Our Free Will Is Being Taken’: Montana TikTokers Caught in Legal Limbo After State’s Unprecedented Ban
The ban, titled—not a joke—d also penalize app store providers like Apple and Google with $10,000 fines every time they allow a download of the app in Big Sky Country. Users who already have the app, like McGowan, won’t be penalized under the law. They will, however, be prevented from downloading TikTok’s updates, which means they’d be forced to continue using the system without crucial security patches, privacy updates, or new features.
“It’s not a constitutional question, it’s constitutional fact that states cannot do this,” NetChoice general counsel Carl Szabo said during an interview with Gizmodo. “The state of Montana is not even trying to hide the ball on this one.”Some Montana TikTokers are already trying to persuade their audiences to follow them to rival apps in anticipation of the coming purge. McGowan, however, expressed hesitation and frustration about returning to Instagram.
TikTok has vigorously opposed the legislation from its onset. The company says the law would amount to blatant online censorship and represents an “egregious government overreach.”“The bill’s champions have admitted that they have no feasible plan for operationalizing this attempt to censor American voices and that the bill’s constitutionality will be decided by the courts,” the company said in a statement.
“I kept refusing to download TikTok because I thought it was just a bunch of teenagers dancing and stuff,” Baker said over the phone.after seeing the success of others on the platformBaker says his business “grew exponentially” once he started uploading quick videos offering viewers an inside look into his workshop and creative process. Videos of his do-it-yourself business quickly started attracting customers from out of state, and then even Canada.
Those ripple effects aren’t limited to dollars and cents either. Baker also sells hoodies with the names of Montanans who were killed in action and uses those proceeds to help fund a future state memorial. Baker says he and other veterans use TikTok as a source of “community and recovery” to help make sense of life after war.he’ll return to a flood of messages from being asking if he’s okay.“It provides a community and support system for a lot of veterans,” he said.
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