a group of tiktok users has sued to overturn montana s new statewide ban blocking the popular video-sharing app. they allege that the law signed this week by governor greg gianforte violates the first amendment. montana s ban attempts to prohibit tiktok from operating in the state and to block downloads of tiktok on personal devices. cnn business producer john sulter land joins us. if the law survives in court, could other states enact similar laws? that s a great question. this is a significant escalation in the legal fight against tiktok. previous to this, we ve seen targeted bans on federal devices, on state devices, the majority of states have bans that prevent state devices from having tiktok. we ve seen that in the eu. this ban is entirely different. it would apply to all montanans who want to use hick tok. they wouldn t be able to use it
we ve had to count on governors to step up. we banned tiktok from all government devices here in the state of arkansas. i know a number of other states have cone that as well. and i think that you re going to continue to see conservative republican governors step up where the federal government constantly fails. maria: well, it s also this china threat that you re seeing republican governors also take on. now, this has been more bipartisan than some people know because the committee on communist china is headed by mike gallagher, a republican, but there are also democrats who understand the threat. tell me about that that surveillance threat and the ccp wanting to buy more land near our military installations. or what are you doing about it? we are passing a number of pieces of legislation to push back against the infringement of the chinese government whether it s banning tiktok on our state devices, banning the use of chinese krones here in the state state as well as banning the
we ve had to count on governors to step up. we banned tiktok from all government devices here in the state of arkansas. i know a number of other states have cone that as well. and i think that you re going to continue to see conservative republican governors step up where the federal government constantly fails. maria: well, it s also this china threat that you re seeing republican governors also take on. now, this has been more bipartisan than some people know because the committee on communist china is headed by mike gallagher, a republican, but there are also democrats who understand the threat. tell me about that that surveillance threat and the ccp wanting to buy more land near our military installations. or what are you doing about it? we are passing a number of pieces of legislation to push back against the infringement of the chinese government whether it s banning tiktok on our state devices, banning the use of chinese krones here in the state state as well as banning the
personal devices. state lawmakers passed legislation friday to prohibit the app from operating within state lines. this comes after some members of congress called for a nationwide ban on the ap, citing national security concerns. joining me right now is cnn business. correspondent clair duffy. so claire i mean, this is the furthest step yet by a state government to restrict tiktok explain how it s going to happen. that s right, fredricka so this would ban tiktok from all personal devices within montana, and this houseboat yesterday pushed montana one step closer. the bill now heads to the governor s desk, and he is likely to sign it. the governor of montana has already banned tiktok from state devices. so what this bill would do is it would put in place of fine for either tiktok or app store operators who made it possible for users in the state to access the app. it would be $10,000 fine a day and it doesn t really sort of sets a precedent that other states could follow, as well as