TikTok “confident” to stop its ban in the state of Montana, USA.

TikTok hopes to stop its ban on use in the state of Mountainin the United States, said its general director on Tuesday, after the Chinese social network filed an appeal against the measure.

“Very recently we filed a lawsuit; the matter is in court” and “we trust we will win”, declared Shou Zi Chew during the Qatar Economic Forum.

“We believe the recently passed Montana law is simply unconstitutional”, because it attacks the right to freedom of expression, insisted the manager.

The ban, which is due to take effect in 2024, is a test for the future of the application in the United States.

Many American politicians believe that the short video application, owned by the Chinese company bytedanceis under the control of the Chinese government and that it would be an espionage tool at the service of Beijing, which the company strongly denies.

On Monday, TikTok He filed his lawsuit before a US federal court to prevent Montana from implementing the ban on the social network.

The ban became law with the signature of the governor of Mountain, Greg Gianfortethe 17th of May.

Gianforte said in Twitter which supported the prohibition for “protect the personal and private data of Montanans from the Chinese Communist Party”.

The resource of TikTok considers instead that the state of Mountain “has enacted these extraordinary and unprecedented measures based on nothing more than unfounded speculation”.

Last week, five users of TikTok They filed an appeal in Montana federal court to overturn the general ban, arguing that it violates their right to free speech.

The two appeals filed against the decision of the state of Montana argue that it violates the right to freedom of expression and tries to attribute powers to the federal government, which is responsible for national security issues.

Cascading Bans

Chew insisted that TikTok has taken steps to protect user data in the United States, by storing it “on US territory by a US company and under the supervision of US personnel”.

“We believe we have taken steps above and beyond what our industry has done to protect the safety of every user in the United States.”, emphasized the manager.

In March, Chew had to face in a committee of the United States Congress the attacks of both Democratic and Republican legislators, regarding the application’s alleged links to Chinese power and its danger to the mental and physical health of adolescents.

With more than 1 billion active users worldwide, including some 150 million in the United States, TikTok earned $11 billion in advertising revenue last year.

With its powerful algorithm based on artificial intelligence, TikTok It has remained at the forefront of the sector and has attracted creatives and “influencers”. But he, too, is often accused of spreading disinformation.

Among the setbacks suffered, the US federal government and the European Commission have banned their staff from using TikTok on their mobile devices. The United Kingdom did the same with its legislators.

Last month, Australia joined the government’s list of countries banning the use of the app on mobile devices, and Britain’s data regulator imposed a fine of 12.7 million pounds ($15.9 million) for allowing 1.4 million of children under 13 years of age the use of the platform, which violates its own rules.