About the company
ByteDance/TikTok
ByteDance is a Chinese technology company. Its subsidiary TikTok provides services for Mytel, which is part-owned by the Burmese military.
TikTok hosts a channel Mytel uses for promoting its services.
TikTok also allows the Burmese military to use its services for propaganda.
Contact:
Liang Rubo
CEO
ByteDance
Email: press@bytedance.com; ethics@bytedance.com
Sources:
TikTok accessed April 2026
Nodes of Corruption, Justice for Myanmar, 20th December 2020
Mytel Teams Up with Mobile Legends Developer, Ei Thandar Tun, Myanmar Business Today, December 10, 2019
Mytel Pay website accessed May 2023
https://mytelpay.com.mm/2023/03/16/mlbb-10-off-via-mytelpay
Notified 21st May 2026
Added to the Dirty List 20 July 2026
