Lobbying Relationship

Client

TikTok Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies

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  • Issues related to internet technology, regulation of content platforms

Duration: to

General Issues: Telecommunications

Spending: about $110,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2023: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Affiliated organizations: ByteDance, Inc.

Related Foreign Entities: ByteDance Ltd (owns 100% of ByteDance Inc; 100% of TikTok Ltd.) (Grand Caymon KY 1-1112, CAY); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; ByteTeam Ltd (owns approx. 21% of ByteDance Ltd.) (Tortola, VG 1110 IVB, IVB); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 21%; TikTok Ltd. (owns 100% of Tik Tok LLC which owns 100% of TikTok 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%

Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
C. Towner French Staff, House Committee on Rules; Chief of Staff, Rep. Pete Sessions; Staff, House Committee on Homeland Security; Staff, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart; Staff, Rep. Judy Biggert
Kyle Anderson Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus; Director of Communications and Marketing, Chief Administrative Officer; Democratic Staff Director, Committee on House Administration; Democratic Staff Director, Congressional Franking Commission
Rodney Davis Member, U.S. House of Representatives; Projects Director, Rep. John Shimkus IL

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Registration

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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