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If enacted, the proposed law would be unprecedented and test the legal waters for a national ban of the popular Chinese-owned app, a fate that is increasingly being called for in Washington.
Montana's Republican-dominated lower house overwhelmingly voted for a complete ban, with a final vote set for Friday before it goes to the state's governor to become law.
It passed by 60 votes for and 39 against.
TikTok said US courts would likely have the final word.
\"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,\" TikTok spokeswoman Brooke Oberwetter said in response to an AFP inquiry.
\"We will continue to fight for TikTok users and creators in Montana whose livelihoods and First Amendment rights are threatened by this egregious government overreach.\"
TikTok, despite its immense popularity, is caught in a battle of wills with US government and politicians, and now faces an ultimatum by the White House that it split from its Chinese owners or stop operating in America.
\"We are facing a threat unlike any other from the Chinese Communist Party hiding behind TikTok where they can spy on Americans by collecting personal information by keystrokes and even user locations,\" said Representative Brandon Ler, defending the Montana bill.
Under the proposed law, Apple and Google would have to remove TikTok from their app stores and companies will face daily fines of $10,000 if found in violation.
The proposed ban would take effect in 2024, but faces almost certain legal challenges, given its unprecedented nature in the United States, possibly going all the way to the Supreme Court in Washington.
\"I think there are a lot of ramifications, not the least of which is how you would do it,\" said University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias.
\"It is hard to see how the state would be able to defend it and win,\" Tobias told AFP.
When an earlier version of the bill passed in the Montana senate, TikTok decried a \"disastrous precedent\" that would be an \"egregious violation\" of free speech in the state.
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Free speech advocates also opposed the legislation.
\"Passing this legislation would flout the First Amendment and would trample on Montanans' constitutional right to freedom of speech,\" said a letter to Montana lawmakers from the ACLU and other associations.
Montana's turn of the screws on TikTok comes as the app faces several hard-hitting, but legally tenuous, proposals of national legislation -- including one bill backed by the White House that could pave the way for a ban of the app.
\"Part of the problem is that politicians don't have to care about what happens after they've passed the law,\" said Ari Cohn, free speech counsel at TechFreedom, a think tank.
\"They're all too happy to consider legislation that will get easily struck down by the courts. It's just the nature of politics, unfortunately,\" he told AFP.
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TikTok面临禁令在蒙大拿,美国继续反弹
TikTok,尽管它巨大的声望,是在与美国政府和政治家的较量,现在面临着由白宫最后通牒,它从中国分裂所有者或停止操作在美国。
如果付诸实施,该法案将会前所未有的和测试的法律国家禁止水域受欢迎中国应用,命运,越来越多的呼吁在华盛顿。
蒙大拿州的由共和党主导的众议院以压倒性的投票给一个完整的禁令,与最终投票定于周五前州长成为法律。
它通过60票,39票反对。
TikTok说美国法庭可能会有最终的定论。
“比尔的冠军已经承认他们没有可行的计划实施这个试图审查美国声音和比尔的合宪性将由法庭决定,”布鲁克Oberwetter TikTok发言人在回应法新社说调查。
“我们将继续争取TikTok用户和创造者在蒙大拿的生计和第一修正案权利受到这一令人震惊的政府过度。”
TikTok,尽管它巨大的声望,是在与美国政府和政治家的较量,现在面临着由白宫最后通牒,它从中国分裂所有者或停止操作在美国。
“我们正面临的威胁和其他中国共产党躲在TikTok在那里他们可以通过按键监视美国人通过收集个人信息,甚至用户位置,”布兰登l代表说,蒙大拿捍卫法案。
根据拟议的法律,苹果和谷歌将不得不把TikTok从他们的应用程序商店和企业将面临罚金10000美元如果发现违反。
该禁令将于2024年生效,但几乎可以肯定面临法律挑战,鉴于其前所未有的性质在美国,可能会到华盛顿的最高法院。
“我认为有很多的影响,最重要的是你会怎么做,”里士满大学法学教授卡尔托拜厄斯说。
“这是很难看出国家能够保护它和赢,”托拜厄斯告诉法新社。
当一个早期版本的法案在蒙大纳州参议院,TikTok谴责“灾难性的先例”,将是一个“严重侵犯”的言论自由。
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言论自由倡导者也反对该法案。
“通过这项立法将无视宪法第一修正案,践踏蒙大拿人言论自由的宪法权利,”说给蒙大拿议员来自美国公民自由联盟和其他关联。
蒙大拿州的打开的螺丝TikTok之际,应用面临一些强硬的,但法律上脆弱的,建议国家立法——包括一个由白宫支持法案,禁止的应用铺平了道路。
”这个问题的部分原因是,政治家们不必关心发生了什么之后,他们已经通过了法律,”阿里•科恩说,TechFreedom言论自由顾问,一个智库。
“他们都很高兴考虑立法,将很容易被法院驳回。这只是政治的本质,不幸的是,”他告诉法新社。
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