Montana Governor Greg Gianforte discussed his decision to sign legislation banning China’s TikTok app, saying that the communist regime uses it to steal the data of American citizens and use it for “nefarious purposes.”
“I would first say the ability of the Chinese communist government to use TikTok to spy on Americans is well documented,” he told Fox News host John Roberts. “That’s why I’m pleased that we’ve banned the application here in Montana. I wish the bill actually was broader. I would have liked to have picked up other social media apps that [are] owned by foreign adversaries. But this is a good step in the right direction.”
Gianforte slammed the leftist American Civil Liberties Union for claiming that the bill was too board and that
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