Filing: ByteDance spent $2.1M+ on US lobbying on an antitrust bill and other issues in Q2, up 130% QoQ and the first time it has topped $2M in a single quarter (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

Filing: ByteDance spent $2.1M+ on US lobbying on an antitrust bill and other issues in Q2, up 130% QoQ and the first time it has topped $2M in a single quarter (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Filing: ByteDance spent $2.1M+ on US lobbying on an antitrust bill and other issues in Q2, up 130% QoQ and the first time it has topped $2M in a single quarter  —  – TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance had its biggest lobbying quarter ever, spending more than $2.1 million in the second quarter to lobby the U.S. government.