TikTok Ban in Montana Draws Suit From Ranch Mom, Marine, Student

A diverse group of Montana TikTok creators with hundreds of thousands of followers sued to challenge the first statewide ban of the popular app, arguing the law violates free-speech rights and will disrupt their livelihoods.

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

The law “attempts to exercise powers over national security that Montana does not have and to ban speech Montana may not suppress,” according to the complaint, which seeks a court order blocking the ban from taking effect.

The suit was ...