Montana becomes first US state to completely ban TikTok

Montana has completely banned the social media app TikTok (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Montana became the first state in the US to completely ban TikTok on Wednesday when the state’s Republican governor signed a measure that is more sweeping than any other state’s attempts to curtail the social media app.

The measure is expected to be challenged legally and will serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned.