A group of 18 state attorneys general said on Monday they backed Montana's effort to ban Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, urging a U.S. judge to reject legal challenges ahead of the Jan. 1 effective date.

Sept 18 (Reuters) - A group of 18 state attorneys general said on Monday they backed Montana’s effort to ban Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, urging a U.S. judge to reject legal challenges ahead of the Jan. 1 effective date.

  • Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’m trying to think of another example where a US government entity prevented a private US company (Apple or Google) from distributing software within the US.

      • [email protected]@lemmy.federate.cc
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yes but the owners of the OS and app stores are, which is I believe the original commenter’s point. And the text of the bill is not “TikTok you shall pull your app”, it’s “Apple you shall disable the App Store listing”.

        • CaptObvious@literature.cafe
          1·
          1 year ago

          It seems more like “These substances are now illegal to sell, possess, or use.” Right or wrong, they made it stick for a very long time.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      1 year ago

      The closest I can think of is Napster and LimeWire, but I’m not sure if those died because of government action, or just civil lawsuits.

      Then again, as pointed out, TikTok is not from an American company, so that’s irrelevant.