Tik Tok could soon be banned in the US here’s what you need to know on Friday a federal appeals court panel upheld a law that could lead to a ban on Tik Tok in a few months making the popular social media platforms fight for survival even harder the law requires Tik Tok to break ties with its China based parent company by dance or be banned by mid January the US says it’s concerned about Tik Tok collecting a large amount of user data that could fall into the hands of the Chinese government Tik Tok has long denied that it could be used by Beijing to spy on or manipulate Americans we have heard important concerns about the PO potential for unwanted foreign access to us data and potential manipulation of the Tik Tok us ecosystem we have addressed them with real action Tik Tok and B dance are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court meanwhile Donald Trump who tried to ban Tik Tok during his first term said during the recent presidential campaign that he is now against a Tik Tok ban and would work to save the social media platform it would be his justice department that would have to enforce the law