Montana governor seeks to broaden bill that would ban TikTok to cover other social media platforms – WSJ

(Reuters) -Montana Governor Greg Gianforte is seeking to broaden a bill that will ban not just TikTok, but other social media applications that provide certain data to foreign adversaries, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Montana lawmakers passed a bill, known as SB 419, to ban TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, from operating in the state. TikTok as well as Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, which operate mobile app stores, would face fines if they viol...