TikTok Raises Four Big Constitutional Challenges to Montana Ban

Montana’s TikTok ban is unlikely to survive legal challenges, especially claims the ban violates free-speech protections.

TikTok sued the state on constitutional grounds, broadly accusing Montana of unfairly singling out TikTok and violating free-speech protections. Attorneys and academics said the ban is not likely to survive the challenges, and the outcome is expected to influence whether governors in other states pursue their own bans.

Montana’s targeted law, signed last week, bars app store platforms from providing TikTok for download to state residents. Individual access of the app is also a violation for which TikTok will be fined $10,000 every day ...