TikTok Sues U.S. State to Block First Statewide Ban of App

(Bloomberg) — TikTok Inc. sued Montana over the first statewide ban of the popular app, saying the U.S. state has trampled free-speech rights based on a misguided view that Chinese ownership of the platform poses a national security threat to the U.S.

The state’s Republican governor, Greg Gianforte, last week signed a measure that will prohibit the app’s download by the general public beginning next year.