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
Social connected to their activity on social media. that s notjust a conversation about tiktok by any means but i think you are seeing any means but i think you are seeing that get conflated, the issue seeing that get conflated, the issue of seeing that get conflated, the issue of social media addiction or contributing to mental health or contributing to mental health problems among younger people. health problems among younger people, you are seeing they get mixed people, you are seeing they get mixed in people, you are seeing they get mixed in with the concerns about mixed in with the concerns about china and that s what i m seeing about china and that s what i m seeing in about china and that s what i m seeing in montana as well. so there seeing in montana as well. sr there needs to be a more nuanced discussion, both of you are saying. we re going to talk about the next big online topic we have been seeing this week as a court in boston, jack teixiera was accused of
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
Your family have made a living off tiktok? off tiktok? basically, when i started, i off tiktok? basically, when i started, i started off tiktok? basically, when i started, i started with - off tiktok? basically, when i started, i started with my i started, i started with my blogs, and then i had brands reach out to me, and i would give them a rates, and they will pay me after i completed video, through paypal or they will write me a check and that s basically how i get paid. that s basically howl get aid. , ., , ., paid. ok, so there were some rumblings paid. ok, so there were some rumblings of paid. ok, so there were some rumblings of the paid. ok, so there were some rumblings of the possibility i paid. ok, so there were some rumblings of the possibility of| rumblings of the possibility of montana banning this app. you actually wrote an e mail to the governor, you try to reach out to the governor. what did you say and what response did you get? i say and what response did y
What you make of that? i think it s fair- if what you make of that? i think it s fair. if you what you make of that? i think it s fair. if you are what you make of that? i think it s fair. if you are thinking i it s fair. if you are thinking clearly about the economics about it, there are plenty of people that advertise and make their money off tiktok. there is a certain group in washington that is thinking of is purely as a national security concern but not everybody can afford to think of it that way. d0 everybody can afford to think of it that way. of it that way. do you think this is also of it that way. do you think this is also something i of it that way. do you think this is also something that| this is also something that other states will follow in terms of following montana s lead on this? i think louise is right in suggesting it will depend on what happens in montana, whether or not this is successful if it s at that kind of president because if somebody sees it is s