Carly Goddard

The lawsuit lodged against Montana’s historic TikTok ban by influencers in the state earlier last month may not have a grassroots effort. What seemed to be a creator-led legal rebuke was actually financed by TikTok itself.Mourning the Loss of Addison Rae’s Debut Album | The Meme MachineSeveral of the creators who acted as the public face of the class action suit revealed TikTok had covered their legal expenses in a New York Times article published Tuesday evening. The creators claim TikTok bankrolledthe suit but didn’t…

TikTok sued the state of Montana Monday in an effort to overturn a first-of-its-kind law banning downloads of the app in the state. The lawsuit, which comes on the heels of other suits filed by Montanan TikTok creators, alleges the state’s law violates users’ freedom of speech and illegally singles TikTok out. If the law is allowed to take effect in January, the suit argues, it could deal a devastating blow to businesses and creators who rely on the app for their income.Will Banning TikTok Solve Privacy Issues? | Future…

TikTokers in Montana are going to war against a new law banning the app across the state. They’re banding together and joining lawsuits against the state, accusing their elected officials of suppressing their speech and upending their livelihoods.Nobody’s Really Watching ReelsThis week, less than 24 hours after Republican Governor ​​Greg Gianforte signed the first of-its-kind bill into law, a group of TikTokers filed a lawsuit against the state’s attorney general seeking to reverse the ban. The video creators are the…