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BYTEDANCE INC.

Lobbying for BYTEDANCE INC.

 Filing 2nd Quarter - Report
Reporting period
2nd Quarter 2025
Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 21, 2025
Expenses
$2,020,000.00
What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using 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 3
  • Executive Office of the President (EOP)
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

 Bills named in this filing 2
  • S 4569
    TAKE IT DOWN Act
  • HR 7521
    Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
 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, including TAKE IT DOWN Act (S.4569).

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 legislation like H.R. 7521 (Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act).

 Foreign interests disclosed 4

Section 7 of the LD-2: foreign entities that own part of the client, paid toward this lobbying, or stand to benefit from it.

  • BYTEDANCE LTD. (OWNS 100% OF BYTEDANCE INC.; 100% OF TIKTOK LTD.)
    Cayman Islands · Grand Cayman, KY1-1104 · owns 100% of the client · contributed $0.00
  • GOGOKU LTD. (OWNS APPROXIMATELY 21% OF BYTEDANCE LTD.)(FORMERLY BYTETEAM LTD.)
    Virgin Islands (British) · Tortolla, VG1110 · owns 21% of the client · contributed $0.00
  • TIKTOK LTD. (OWNS 100% OF TIKTOK LLC WHICH OWNS 100% OF TIKTOK INC.)
    Cayman Islands · Grand Cayman, KY1 - 1205 · owns 100% of the client · contributed $0.00
  • ZHANG YIMING (OWNS 100% OF GOGOKU LTD.)
    Singapore · Singapore 048583 · owns 21% of the client · contributed $0.00

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

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