This proposal has my support. The web I invented was to provide power and value to individuals, which they do not have at the moment. Users should have an ability to cont
This proposal has my support. The web I invented was to provide power and value to individuals, which they do not have at the moment. Users should have an ability to control their own data, to share it with other people and organizations as they choose. A TikTok utilizing open internet protocols, such as Solid, will embrace the critical values of privacy, data sovereignty, and user mental health.
Tim Berners-Lee
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Inventor of the World Wide Web
The People’s Bid for TikTok would create the blueprint for a digital world where people are in charge.
Deb Schmill
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Parent advocate for platform accountability
(...)The People's Bid for TikTok offers a real chance to give people agency over their data, voices, and futures (...)
Social media can either empower or exploit, and too often it leans toward exploitation. Project Liberty’s vision for TikTok offers a real opportunity to give people agency over their data, voices, and futures, and thereby aligns one of the largest platforms with the values of justice.
Angela Glover Blackwell
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Civil Rights Advocate
The People's Bid is a powerful way to bring the dream of a social media model that works for human beings, rather than against them, into reality
Michael J. Casey
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Co-Author of Our Biggest Fight
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
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
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 (...)
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 to reimaginedata stewardship at TikTok, so TikTok can be a shining example of a bright future where social media can help us, not hurt us.
Maria Schneider
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Grammy Award-winning Musician
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!
