BYTEDANCE INC.

Lobbying for BYTEDANCE INC.

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Expenses

$2,830,000.00

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 6

Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Small Business Administration (SBA)

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, incluiding TikTok ban legislation like 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.