Project Liberty builds solutions that help people take back control of their digital lives by reclaiming a voice, choice, and stake in a better internet.

Frank McCourt, Founder of Project Liberty and Executive Chairman of McCourt Global, announces that Project Liberty is building a consortium to purchase TikTok and rearchitect the platform to put people in control of their digital identities and data

Frank McCourt, Founder of Project Liberty Project Liberty is stitching together an ecosystem of technologists, academics, policymakers and citizens committed to building a better internet—where the data is ours to manage, the platforms are ours to govern, and the power is ours to reclaim.

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, civic entrepreneur Frank McCourt launched Project Liberty, a new $100 million initiative to enable a more equitable technology infrastructure for the internet. The project includes the creation of the McCourt Institute, which will advance the research and development of technology solutions that ...

Project Liberty Institute, a 501(c)(3) founded by Frank McCourt, is bringing together technologists, academics, policymakers, civil society and citizens to build a safer, healthier tech ecosystem.

Jan 9, 2025 · “We’ve put forward a proposal to ByteDance to realize Project Liberty’s vision for a reimagined TikTok – one built on an American-made tech stack that puts people first,” said Frank McCourt, Founder of Project Liberty. “By keeping the platform alive without relying on the current TikTok algorithm and avoiding a ban, millions of ...

Nov 13, 2023 · We believe the ability to own and control your data, the essence of who you are, is the digital age expression of liberty. We believe we should be free digital citizens, not Big Tech’s digital serfs.

On November 14, 2023, at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Project Liberty’s founder, Frank McCourt, announced Project Liberty’s Manifesto, declaring the need to create a better web and better world.

May 23, 2022 · Frank McCourt, founder of Project Liberty, and Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot and the Web3 Foundation, aim to evolve this groundbreaking, open-source internet protocol to become the core social layer of the next generation of the internet. This collaboration is rooted in a shared goal of building a more equitable, user-focused and socially ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Internationally recognized investor and entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary joins forces with The People’s Bid for TikTok, an effort led by Project Liberty Founder Frank McCourt. The bid aims to purchase TikTok’s U.S. assets and rebuild the platform in a way that prioritizes the privacy of its 170 million American users.