TikTok ban

Key Updates

A federal judge blocked Montana’s TikTok ban before it was set to go in effect on Jan. 1, 2024. Read the ruling here.

Chinese-owned TikTok sued Montana over the state ban, calling it “unconstitutional.” Read the suit here

  • More than half of all 50 U.S. states have enacted full or partial TikTok bans on government phones. A handful of public universities have banned TikTok on campus wifi and university owned computers.

Young users of TikTok have called the bans unnecessary, and said the bans won’t stop them from using the app. TikTok is estimated to have 1 billion active monthly users, 60 percent of whom are Generation Z. 

Timeline

Jan 17, 2024

Test

Nov 30, 2023

Federal judge blocks Montana's TikTok ban before it takes effect

Oct 12, 2023

TikTok ban sparks legal battles

May 18, 2023

Montana becomes the first state to ban TikTok on all personal devices

Mar 23, 2023

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Faces Congress

Mar 17, 2023

The FBI launches investigation into ByteDance, using allegations that the company spied on American journalists

Mar 07, 2023

RESTRICT Act introduced by Democratic Sen. Mark Warner and Republican Rep. Michael McCaul

Dec 30, 2022

Biden approved the “No TikTok on Government Devices Act.”