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[Montana is set to become the first US state to ban
Chinese-owned media giant TikTok from personal devices.
Governor Greg Gianforte signed the ban
into law on Wednesday. It is due to take effect
on 1 January.]

To stop TikTok stealing data.


[The video-sharing platform says
the ban "infringes on the First Amendment rights
of the people of Montana".
TikTok has come under scrutiny from
authorities around the world over concerns
that data could be passed to the
Chinese government.
Mr Gianforte, a Republican,
told lawmakers that a wider ban would
further "our shared priority to protect Montanans
from Chinese Communist Party surveillance."

TikTok said in a statement that it was
used by "hundreds of thousands of people" in Montana.]


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