ByteDance Asks FTC v. Meta Court to Keep Its Descriptions Under Seal

TikTok owner ByteDance requested to keep under seal confidential information it provided as a nonparty to the FTC’s lawsuit to block Meta’s Within Unlimited acquisition, said a Wednesday statement filed in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose (docket 5:22-cv-4325). It requested the court maintain under seal descriptions of seven items on the second amended exhibit list, saying legitimate privacy interests warrant sealing of the “highly confidential information” about its business strategies, internal evaluations and product development. Disclosure of the information would cause injury to ByteDance that outweighs the public’s interest in accessing it, it said.