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Bytedance Inc.

Bytedance Inc. filed a Q4 report for Bytedance Inc. on January 20, 2026.

Lobbying for Bytedance Inc.

As filed: BYTEDANCE INC. for BYTEDANCE INC.

All filings by Bytedance Inc. · Everything Bytedance Inc. has reported

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q4 report

Reporting period

4th Quarter 2025

Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 20, 2026

Expenses

$1,680,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

California

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 5

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 2

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Issues related to internet technology and learning-enabled content platforms. Issues related to privacy, data security, data localization, protecting children, intermediary liability, and platform/content moderation, including federal privacy and protection legislation, No FAKES Act (S.1367).

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Trade issues affecting internet companies, including de minimis low value import legislation/regulation, legislation related to cross-border data transfers and legal frameworks for foreign-based applications and services, including TikTok ban-related activity and legislation like H.R. 7521 (Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act).

Bills named in this filing 2

S. 1367
NO FAKES Act of 2025
H.R. 7521
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.