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Montana Judge Says TikTok Ban Likely Violates First Amendment
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Montana Judge Says TikTok Ban Likely Violates First Amendment

Updated Nov. 30, 2023 11:31 pm ETTikTok won a reprieve in Montana after a judge ruled a state law banning the app can’t go into effect in January, saying it “likely violates the First Amendment.”A federal judge on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the law, which was passed by the Montana legislature earlier this year, pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the social-media company. The legality of the ban itself will be decided later in a bench trial that has yet to be scheduled.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Amazon Confronts a New Rival: TikTok
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Amazon Confronts a New Rival: TikTok

In the emerging business of ‘social shopping,’ TikTok dominates the social and is spending big to improve the selling. Amazon dominates selling, and is working on the social.