- ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of social media platform TikTok, has dramatically upped its U.S. lobbying effort since 2020 and is now the fourth-largest Internet company in spending on federal lobbying as of last year.
- ByteDance and its subsidiaries have spent more than $13 million on U.S. lobbying since 2020.
- The lobbyists they hired include former senators and senior staffers for former Presidents Trump and Obama. Read More
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