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Montana Governor Gianforte On Banning TikTok: They're ‘Spying On Americans, Enough Is Enough'

[WIRE] Montana GOP Governor Greg Gianforte discussed his decision to sign legislation banning China’s TikTok app, saying that the communist regime uses it to steal the data of American citizens and use it for "nefarious purposes."

"I would first say the ability of the Chinese communist government to use TikTok to spy on Americans is well documented," he told Fox News host John Roberts. "That’s why I’m pleased that we’ve banned the application here in Montana. I wish the bill actually was broader. I would have liked to have picked up other social media apps that [are] owned by foreign adversaries. But this is a good step in the right direction."

Gianforte slammed the leftist American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for claiming that the bill was too broad and that his government could not impose a total ban.

"Well, they’re just wrong," he responded. "The Montana Constitution has a very broad protection for individual privacy. And TikTok violates that. And this is why we’ve banned it here. I mean, spying on Americans, enough is enough. We’re not going to let foreign adversaries surveil the people of Montana."

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-20 06:40|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top
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#1 Uh, hey, gov, has it ever occurred to you that Americans are spying on Americans? Oh, I get it. Let's just have everybody use Farcebook & Twitter to keep things "in house".

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-05-20 09:25|| 2023-05-20 09:25|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ SOTD candidate ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-20 09:27|| 2023-05-20 09:27|| Front Page Top

#3 TikTok spying is the least of worries. Having a hostile power control what your kids, as well as impressionable adults, see is a much larger risk. They can direct viewing toward increasing discord, self destructive behavior and every social pathology known. Notice the explosion of several such pathologies especially in the young recently?

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-05-20 09:45|| 2023-05-20 09:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Then that is a parental matter. We could day pretty much the same about Hollywood.

"Impressionable adults"? Not my problem. They are "adults".

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-05-20 09:51|| 2023-05-20 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Foreigners have no right to feed garbage to Americans. The First Amendment does not apply to them and for very good reasons.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-05-20 09:55|| 2023-05-20 09:55|| Front Page Top

#6 "Yeah, that's our jawb!"

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-20 10:16|| 2023-05-20 10:16|| Front Page Top

#7 That first amendment is working quite well for Julian Assange.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-05-20 10:56|| 2023-05-20 10:56|| Front Page Top

#8 So does Facebook, Google and the rest...

Posted by 49 Pan 2023-05-20 11:04|| 2023-05-20 11:04|| Front Page Top

#9 I couldn't care less if social media platforms are out of Hanoi, Havana, or Hong Kong. These platforms should not be banned. But it's "o.k." for Zuckerberg to sell a user's personal information gleaned from Instagram accounts. Uh-huh.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-05-20 11:14|| 2023-05-20 11:14|| Front Page Top

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