TikTok denies sharing Indian user data with China

This illustration photo taken on June 30, 2020 shows a person using the social media video-sharing application Tik Tok on a smartphone in Faridabad. TikTok on June 30 denied sharing information on Indian users with the Chinese government, after New Delhi banned the wildly popular app citing national security and privacy concerns. - AFP

NEW DELHI, June 30, 2020 (AFP): TikTok on Tuesday denied sharing users' data with the Chinese government, after India banned the wildly popular app as ties with Beijing deteriorate sharply following a deadly border clash.

Blaming each other for the brutal hand-to-hand battle on June 15 as talks make little headway, the Asian giants have been bolstering their border forces as anti-China sentiment grows in India.