(The Center Square) – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said he’s glad to see the federal government take action against TikTok.
A foreign aid package signed into law by President Joe Biden on Wednesday includes language requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance to divest it within a year.
“I’m glad to see that Congress finally acted and followed Montana’s lead,” Knudsen said in a press release.
In 2023, Montana was the first state to ban TikTok on government devices and networks citing concerns about privacy and national security. Formally known as Senate Bill 419, Knudsen’s office played a role in drafting the legislation.