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TikTok creators sue Montana over statewide ban of the app
One day after Montana Governor signed the first statewide ban on TikTok into law, the measure is already facing a legal challenge. Five TikTok creators are suing in an effort to block the ban from taking effect.
In court filings, lawyers representing the TikTok creators say the ban is unconstitutional and that it violates their First Amendment rights. They also take issue with Montana’s supposed national security justification for the ban.
“Montana has no authority to enact laws advancing what it believes should be the United States’ foreign policy or its national security interests, nor may Montana ban an entire forum for communication based on its perceptions that some speech shared through that forum, though protected by the First Amendment, is dangerous,” the suit states. “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.”
In an interview on Fox News, Montana’s Attorney General, Austin Knudsen, said that legal challenges to the ban were expected. “There are some important issues here that I do think we probably need the federal courts to step in and answer for us here,” he said. “And that was part of our calculus in bringing this.”
The lawsuit is among the first legal challenges to the law, and will likely be closely watched as federal officials consider a nationwide ban on the app. Right now, the Montana ban is set to take effect January 1, 2024, though lawsuits challenging it could delay that timeline. TikTok itself hasn’t commented on whether it’s planning to bring its own litigation in Montana, but said in a statement following the bill’s signing that it planned “to defend the rights of our users inside and outside of Montana.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-creators-sue-montana-over-statewide-ban-of-the-app-225725851.html?src=rss
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Sue Gray ‘lobbied against Rishi Sunak’s policies while in secret talks to join Labour’
SUE Gray actively lobbied to try to block Rishi Sunak’s policies while in secret talks to join Labour, government insiders have claimed.
The partygate inquisitor objected to the PM vetoing Scotland’s new trans law, which made it easier for over 16s to change their sex on their birth certificate.
Sue Gray actively lobbied to try to block Rishi Sunak’s policies while in secret talks to join Labour, government insiders have claimed[/caption]
Gray objected to the PM vetoing Scotland’s new trans law[/caption]
The legal change sparked a furious political row, with womens rights campaigners warning it would mean biologically male prisoners in female prisons.
And in a fresh controversy, government insiders now claim Ms Gray actively tried to kill off the plan behind the scenes in late December.
A source said she directly contacted political advisers behind the backs of ministers to lobby against the move – known as triggering Section 35.
At the time the row was a major embarrassment for Labour because their Scottish politicians had backed the Gender Recognition Act.
Ms Gray was in cloak and dagger talks with Labour to become Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff at the time.
A Government insider said: “We know the use of Section 35 embarrassed Sir Keir Starmer by highlighting Scottish Labour’s support of putting men in women’s prisons.
“Given Sue had already lined up her Labour job, was she already working for him in the heart of Government and seeking to save his blushes?”
Ms Gray’s move to work for Sir Keir is on hold while it is probed by Whitehall appointments watchdog ACOBA.
They are meeting over the next week and are expected to make their decision within the next month.
She could be barred from taking up her new job until after the next election.
Ms Gray declined to comment