The Commission has issued a statement regarding its referral of a complaint against TikTok, the successor to Musical.ly, and its parent company ByteDance Ltd., to the Department of Justice. The Commission vote authorizing the issuance of the statement was 3-0-2, with Commissioners Ferguson and Holyoak recused.

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