of its kind, and if signed into law by the montana governor, will almost certainly face legal challenges. under the proposed law, apple and google would have to remove tiktok from their app stores orface the possibility of a $10,000 a day fine for violation. tiktok has denied accusations that it s a tool of the chinese communist party. the company has described the proposed ban as egregious government overreach . although the ban wouldn t take effect untiljanuary 2024, it would impact thousands of montana tiktok users and content creators, many of whom, with sizeable followings, depend on the platform to make a living. carly gotha rd carly gothard is one of these influences here, she posts lifestyle blogs, and i spoke to her earlier. festival, tell us what your reaction is to this move from montana lawmakers. i am just shocked. this is howl am just shocked. this is how i make my income, and i am able to help provide for my family, and honestly it really saddens me because i
will things like that, that they will report to law enforcement. however. will report to law enforcement. however, unlike twitter or instagram or tiktok, this is primarily instagram or tiktok, this is primarily a private platform where primarily a private platform where you start these private communities, like gemma said, a cornrnunity communities, like gemma said, a community around a game you like a community around a game you like a tv community around a game you like a tv show you like, or is it online like a tv show you like, or is it online creating a like to follow it online creating a like to follow in it online creating a like to follow in that community is contained, unless other people are invited there, so that definitely makes it more of a challenge to moderate. 30 definitely makes it more of a challenge to moderate. 50 if definitely makes it more of a challenge to moderate. so if we talk about challenge to moderate. so if we talk about some challenge
the possibility now with a ban is we could see a fine of $10,000 each day for violating it. do you think people will look for ways to use the platform to get around this band somehow? so platform to get around this band somehow? platform to get around this band somehow? so there are already some band somehow? so there are already some talk band somehow? so there are already some talk about i band somehow? so there are already some talk about an i band somehow? so there are l already some talk about an app called laminate which people lay switching to, and the thing about tiktok that everybody loves is you can reach a wide range of audiences, and you just are put out there more, which is really nice, but everybody has been trying u tube, instagram, and it is not as good as tiktok i feel. i m going to ask you about the security aspect because we have been talking to lawmakers who say there is a serious security risk in using tiktok namely that they think the chinese government can h
app we use, they are taking . concerns? i believe that every app we use, they are taking a | app we use, they are taking a data, our information, never private, never private, never safe and ijust believe there is way more to this man then they are saying. i don t know. i don t really think. i don t think they are spying, there are a lot of other apps, apple is the same, it is not protected, it s safe, and any app that you use, your information is being used, so that s what i did not understand so. very interesting understand so. very l interesting perspective, understand so. very i interesting perspective, one understand so. very - interesting perspective, one of the influences who uses tiktok regularly, thank you for coming on the programme and sharing your view on this possible band. we know it is headed to the governor s desk so thanks for being with us on our show. now we have two guests, our technology reporter at the news outlet, she isjoining us from
live from washington, this is bbc news. lawmakers in the us state of montana approve a statewide ban on the chinese social media app tiktok. the bill now heads to the governor s desk. 21 year old jack teixiera appears in court in boston over a huge leak of secret government documents. the us supreme court temporarily prevents new limits coming into force on the use of a widely available abortion pill. hello i m sumi somaskanda. we start in the us, where politicians in the state of montana have passed a bill banning the chinese owned app tiktok on all devices. the bill is the first