Overview
Lobbying Costs
900,000€ - 999,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.95 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
30
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 general product safety, amending Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Directive 87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL LAYING DOWN HARMONISED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT) AND AMENDING CERTAIN UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTS
Digital Services Act Proposal for a 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)
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 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
Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online
The Strengthened Code of Practice on DisinformationAddress
Head Office
C/o WeWork 5 Harcourt Road
Dublin D02 FW64
IRELANDEU Office
Avenue des Arts 44
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 3 25% 2 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.95
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Oct 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Eugene McQuaid 04 Aug 2023 02 Aug 2024 Ms Justina TREIGYTE 10 Nov 2022 09 Nov 2023 Ms Aedin CONBOY 09 Nov 2022 07 Nov 2023 Ms Caroline Greer 09 Nov 2022 07 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
5 FTE staff in Brussels (as of March 2023) with varying degrees of involvement with the EU Institutions/Register-related activities. 2 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/)
EU40 (https://www.eu40.eu/)
CERRE (https://cerre.eu/)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
900,000€ - 999,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount fti consulting belgium 200,000€ - 299,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name fti consulting belgium Closed year Costs
900,000€ - 999,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
30 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 18 Jul 2023 Location Videconference Subject DSA implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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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 - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Geneviève Tuts (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 - Newsback
- Avaaz Foundation
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- DOT Europe
- Reporters sans frontières
- Fundación Maldita.es contra la desinformación: periodismo, educación investigación y datos en nuevos formatos
- Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited)
- Microsoft Corporation
- Twitter International Unlimited Company
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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 - Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited)
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- 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
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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 - Monika Maglione (Cabinet member)
- Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
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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 - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (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 - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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)