The People’s Bid is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Americans to reclaim a voice, choice, and stake in the future of the internet. In April 2024, Congress passed legislation forcing a ban or sale of TikTok in the U.S. Project Liberty is building a broad consortium of technologists, investors, community leaders, and creators to purchase TikTok and migrate the platform to new infrastructure that allows people to control their own data. We believe a reimagined TikTok can preserve the creativity and dynamism that have made it the cultural engine of the internet while fixing the issues that led Congress to act. Today’s TikTok is a problem. Together, we can make it a solution to the issues created by Big Tech.
What a creative approach to changing social media: Assemble a consortium to buy TikTok and make it better, on an architecture that respects users' rights.
Jon Haidt
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Author of The Anxious Generation
(...)The People's Bid for TikTok offers a real chance to give people agency over their data, voices, and futures (...)
Angela Glover Blackwell
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Civil Rights Advocate
The people’s bid is the most exciting thing I’ve heard about on the frontier of owning your content and creating a safer internet. Excited for the future of this project!
Michaela Jill Murphy
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Actor/Creator
Social media platforms are essential for artists, small businesses, and people - but they must be fair. That’s why I support The People’s Bid and its vision (...)
Maria Schneider
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Grammy Award-winning Musician
I’m excited this news is finally public. Frank McCourt and Project Liberty are doing some of the most important work to save our country and humanity.
Governor Spencer Cox
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Governor of Utah and Outgoing Chair of the National Governors Association and
By shifting TikTok’s business model from an attention economy to an intention economy, the platform will give people more control over their feed and deliver an experience that's more fun, relevant, and trusted.
The People's Bid aims to protect our most vulnerable citizens: children. A reimagined TikTok can provide the foundation for a better digital experience for kids and families.
Rather than wasting valuable advertising dollars on bots, brands will be able to confidently reach audiences in a trusted marketplace of interested customers.
Investors in The People's Bid will have the opportunity to generate value across a vast new digital ecosystem and harness a series of groundbreaking innovations with the potential to generate strong returns.
A decentralized TikTok will return power to the people and eliminate the flawed incentives that have often led to fraying ties between friends and neighbors.
The People's Bid will not only address potential national security concerns, it will also protect and strengthen democracy by creating a stronger digital foundation for healthy civic engagement.