Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.05 Fte (9)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
33
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
TikTok Technology Ltd (TikTok)
EU Transparency Register
165202837974-32 First registered on 28 Apr 2020
Goals / Remit
TikTok is a leading destination for short-form mobile videos and our company mission is to inspire creativity and create joy. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance Ltd, is a global technology company which operates a range of content platforms that inform, educate, entertain and inspire people across languages, cultures and geographies.
Main EU files targeted
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act)
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act)
DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI Liability Directive)
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications)
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of GDPR
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the transparency and targeting of political advertising
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REPORT on addictive design of online services and consumer protection
EUROPEAN COMMISSION initiative on Digital Fairness – Fitness Check on EU Consumer Law
EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMMUNICATION: an EU initiative on virtual worlds: a head start in the next technological transition
Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online
The Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation
Code on Age Appropriate Design
Cookie PledgeAddress
Head Office
10 Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin D02 T380
IRELANDEU Office
Avenue des Arts 44 (TikTok)
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
9
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 50% 1 25% 1 10% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.05
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Eugene MCQUAID 04 Aug 2023 02 Aug 2024 Justina TREIGYTE 01 Nov 2023 31 Oct 2024 Aedin CONBOY 01 Nov 2023 31 Oct 2024 Caroline GREER 01 Nov 2023 31 Oct 2024 Ms Justina TREIGYTE 01 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Aedin CONBOY 01 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Caroline Greer 01 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Eugene McQuaid 04 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Justina TREIGYTE 10 Nov 2022 01 Nov 2023 Ms Aedin CONBOY 09 Nov 2022 01 Nov 2023 Ms Caroline Greer 09 Nov 2022 01 Nov 2023 Ms Justina TREIGYTE 09 Nov 2021 09 Nov 2022 Ms Aedin CONBOY 09 Nov 2021 09 Nov 2022 Ms Caroline Greer 09 Nov 2021 09 Nov 2022 Complementary Information
6 FTE staff in Brussels with varying degrees of involvement with the EU Institutions/Register-related activities. 3 additional staff in other European office locations involved on an occasional basis.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
DOT Europe (https://doteurope.eu/)
Digital Europe (https://www.digitaleurope.org/)
European Internet Forum (https://www.internetforum.eu/)
EU Internet Forum (https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/networks/european-union-internet-forum-euif_en)
EU40 (https://www.eu40.eu/)
CERRE (https://cerre.eu/)
EPC (https://www.epc.eu)
CEPS (https://www.ceps.eu/)
Brussels Binder (brusselsbinder.org)Member organisations
N/a
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount fti consulting 400,000€ - 499,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name fti consulting belgium Closed year Costs
1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-eu/tiktoks-compliance-with-the-dma
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-eu/appealing-our-gatekeeper-designation-under-the-digital-markets-act
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-eu/compliance-digital-services-act-eu
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-eu/fulfilling-commitments-dsa-update
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-eu/investing-in-community-resilience-against-harmful-misinformationOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
33 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 07 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject Data protection, Digital Markets Act, Disinformation, Political Advertisement Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 06 Nov 2023 Location Videoconference Subject DSA, DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 30 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject European Media Freedom Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jul 2023 Location Videconference Subject DSA implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject Digital Service Act, Digital Markets Act. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Liliane Giardino-karlinger (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject DSA, DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting, DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jan 2023 Location Videoconference Subject DSA implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 10 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject DSA, disinformation. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
- Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 10 Jan 2023 Location CAB Johansson meeting room Subject CSA, TCO and radicalization online Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Code of conduct on hate speech, data protection, consumers protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Nov 2022 Location videoconference Subject Code of conduct against hate speech Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Nov 2022 Location videoconference Subject Code of conduct hate speech Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited)
- DOT Europe
- Twitter International Unlimited Company
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- Newsback
- Microsoft Corporation
- Avaaz Foundation
- Reporters sans frontières
- Fundación Maldita.es contra la desinformación: periodismo, educación investigación y datos en nuevos formatos
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Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - Newsback
- Fundación Maldita.es contra la desinformación: periodismo, educación investigación y datos en nuevos formatos
- Reporters sans frontières
- Avaaz Foundation
- Microsoft Corporation
- Twitter International Unlimited Company
- DOT Europe
- Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited)
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
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Date 23 May 2022 Location Davos Subject - current control of online content with view to preventing radicalisation & child sexual abuse Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
- Chris Uregian (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Mar 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Presentation of their activities in Europe, data protection and consumer protection. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Mar 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Data policy and DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, Data Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
- Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
- Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Oct 2021 Location VTC Subject Discussion about TikTok's measures and actions to prevent and counter the dissemination of Child Sexual Abuse material. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
- Monika Maglione (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Platforms regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2021 Location video conferencing Subject consumer protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Code of Practice on disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
- Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Code of Practice, Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 22 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Disinformation COVID -19 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Dec 2020 Location videoconference Subject EDAP,DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 02 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable with platforms on DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 06 Nov 2020 Location videoconference Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Oct 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Sep 2020 Location video conference Subject Intention by TikTok to join the EU Code of conduct on countering hate speech Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jul 2020 Location videoconference Subject Covid disinformation, EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 09 Jun 2020 Location videoconference Subject Discussion on the DSA consultation and measures taken to counter disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
- Terence Zakka (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)