• General issues affecting internet companies, including internet content regulations.
• Trade issues affecting internet companies. S.1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020.

Duration: January 20, 2020 to December 31, 2020

General Issues: Computer Industry, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $340,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2020: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Executive Office of the President (EOP), State - Dept of (DOS), White House Office, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Treasury - Dept of

Affiliated organizations: ​TikTok Inc.

Related Foreign Entities: ​ByteDance Ltd (Grand Cayman KY1-1112, CAY); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; ​ByteTeam Ltd (​Tortola, VG1110, IVB); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 22%