1st Quarter - Report

BYTEDANCE INC. for BYTEDANCE INC.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$2,830,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

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).

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

Bills named: S. 4569 (119th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

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).

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

Bills named: H.R. 7521 (119th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.