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(Reuters) – A U.S. judge late on Thursday blocked Montana’s first-of-its kind state ban on the use of short-video sharing app TikTok from taking effect on Jan. 1.
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U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy issued a preliminary injunction to block the ban on the Chinese-owned app, saying the state ban “oversteps state power and infringes on the constitutional rights of users.”
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TikTok, which has more than 150 million U.S. users, is used by more than a third of Montana residents, the company says.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese)
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