The suit was filed just hours after Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the ban, which would go into effect Jan. 1, 2024.
Five TikTok content creators have sued the state of Montana over its ban of the app, arguing that the ban violates their free speech rights.
"Montana can no more ban its residents from viewing or posting to TikTok than it could ban the Wall Street Journal because of who owns it or the ideas it publishes," attorneys for the plaintiffs wrote.
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