• Issues related to internet technology and regulation of content platforms

Duration: January 23, 2023 to present

General Issues: Telecommunications

Spending: about $220,000 (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 2023: U.S. Senate

Affiliated organizations: ByteDance, Inc.

Related Foreign Entities: ByteDance Ltd (owns 100% of ByteDance Inc; 100% of TikTok Ltd.) (​Grand Cayman KY1-1112, CAY); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; ​ByteTeam Ltd (owns approx. 21 % of ByteDance Ltd) (Tortola, VG1110 IVB, IVB); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 21%; TikTok Ltd (owns 100% of Tik Tok LLC which owns 100% of Tik Tok Inc) (Grand Cayman, CAY); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Zhang Yiming (owns 100% of ByteTeam Ltd) (Beijing, CHN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%