TikTok was fined $600 million on Friday for improperly transferring European users’ personal data to China, marking a flashpoint in the West's effort to split the app from its Beijing-connected owners.

Friday, accused of sending personal data of Europeans to China and failing to guarantee it was shielded from access by Chinese authorities. As TikTok -- a division of Chinese tech giant ByteDance -- has its European headquarters in Ireland,

The Irish Data Protection Commission Friday fined TikTok $600 million for illegally sending personal data of Europeans to Chinese servers.