“We have no illusions that this will not dispute“ Prosecutor General Montana Austin Knudsen said The New York Times In a recent interview. “I think this is the next border in the jurisprudence of the first amendment, which will probably have to be entered from the US Supreme Court. And I think that it is probably directed. ”
Brooke Obervetter, a representative of Tiktok, criticized the supporters of the bill for the fact that he “did not have a feasible plan to implement” what she called “an attempt to censor American votes.”
“We will continue to fight for Tiktok users and the creators in Montana, whose existence and rights of the first amendments threaten this egregious government,” said Buzzfeed News Oberlevetter.
For many years, US policy and legislators carefully studied the practice of data exchange and confidentiality of Tiktok because of fears that its maternal company is controlled by the China government. And last year the company of social networks confirmed BuzzFeed News explosive report, which engineers in Beijing Access to US UsersField
At a recent hearing, Congress members Fried general director of Tiktok show Zi Chu On these issues, since they consider the legislation that would prohibit the platform, and will give the government the right to prohibit technology that consider the risk of national security. Biden administration also reportedly demanded that this butterfly sell a tickto and Under the threat A complete ban on the application, if it does not correspond. Until now, the Chinese government has stated that this would resist forced sale.
Clarissa-Jam Lim contributed to this story.