Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #project-liberty, aggregated by home.social.
Pleased to be among those 16 worldwide #experts about #DataCooperatives having contributed to the #ProjectLiberty #DecentralizationResearchCentre #report just now being released worldwide
Read the #report #download here:
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https://projectliberty.io/news/data-coops-as-alternative-to-centralized-digital-economy/
ZDNet: Project Liberty’s plan to decentralize TikTok could be the blueprint for a better internet. “… only one offer — made by a consortium led by billionaire Frank McCourt through his organization, Project Liberty — aims to radically change how the app operates. Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian recently joined the effort. Named The People’s Bid, Project Liberty’s offer would decentralize […]
🚨 #TikTok podría enfrentar otro veto si ByteDance no vende antes del 5 de abril. Trump puede extender el plazo 90 días más. ¿Se salvará la app? 🤔
Grupos interesados: #ProjectLiberty, MrBeast y más. ¿Elon Musk? ❌ No está interesado.
🔒 Preocupaciones de seguridad nacional impulsan la ley. #RedesSociales #Tecnología
After #AAG2025 Conference in #Detroit, glad being in #WashingtonDC invited by #ProjectLiberty & #DRC at
@Georgetown_UP McCourt School of #PublicPolicy today to launched the latest #policy report on #DataCooperatives I contributed to among other experts: https://www.projectliberty.io/news/how-can-data-cooperatives-help-build-a-fair-data-economy/
#Video
@stanfordlaw @fulbrightscientific5 in #California: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mTT0tCix43E
#Publication via #SmartCities
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https://mdpi.com/2624-6511/4/3/62
#Publication via
@EU_Commission
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC122644
The plan to #decentralize #TikTok
As the sale deadline looms, #ProjectLiberty wants to buy @tiktok and give users their #data back.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-plan-to-decentralize-tiktok/
Then again, let a thousand flowers bloom, I guess?
Maybe this is a way to drag "the masses who just want to follow the masses and can't be bothered" into a more healthy digital ecosystem?
Apparently billionaire Frank McCourt (I don't know who they are) is planning on buying TikTok's American operations and making it part of "Project Liberty", where the point is said to be decentralization.
Anybody know who this person is and how the project works?
»Billionaire #FrankMcCourt's #ProjectLiberty proposes #bid for #TikTok's US assets.« https://www.reuters.com/technology/billionaire-frank-mccourts-project-liberty-proposes-bid-tiktoks-us-assets-2025-01-09/?eicker.news #tech #media
Frank McCourt's Project Liberty has officially bid to buy TikTok's US assets from ByteDance, aiming to preserve the app without its controversial algorithm. Will this reshape the future of social media? #TikTok #ByteDance #ProjectLiberty #SocialMediaNews #TechNews #USAssets #TikTokFuture
Frank McCourt plant mit 'Project Liberty' die Übernahme der US-TikTok-Operationen für 20 Milliarden Dollar. Sein Ziel: Dezentralisierung und stärkere Nutzerkontrolle durch Kryptowährung – trotz rechtlicher und politischer Hürden. #TikTok #ProjectLiberty #TechNews
Weekly output: Internet founders in D.C., Tim Berners-Lee at Web Summit, Bluesky account-verification advice
This holiday-shortened week still had a lot of work–just not all the kind that yielded bylines, in some cases not the kind that will yield bylines this year.
11/25/2024: Internet Founders: Open Architectures Are Best, But Big Tech Makes It Difficult, PCMag
As I wrote last week, it’s a treat seeing Internet pioneers speak about how their collective invention has been working out and what we ought to be doing with it.
11/27/2024: The man who gave us the web is building a better digital wallet, Fast Company
My Fast Company editor Harry McCracken asked if I wanted to join him to quiz the inventor of the Web at Web Summit, and I quickly said I’d clear my schedule for that. Like two years ago, Harry asked most of the questions and then wrote up our conversation.
11/29/2024: Real or Imposter? How to Verify That a Bluesky Account Is Legit, PCMag
My inspiration for this how-to came from seeing some bozo try to impersonate Rep. Don Beyer (D.-Va.) on Bluesky, then wondering why my congressman had not domain-verified his account with a house.gov handle, then personally shaming Bay Area Rapid Transit into tweeting its Bluesky handle from its verified X account (BART has since domain-verified its account). My editors then updated the post Sunday with details from posts Friday afternoon by Bluesky’s safety account about how the platform is dealing with this impersonation problem–including a recognition that “users want more ways to verify their identity beyond domain verification.”
#accountImpersonation #Bluesky #domainNameVerification #ProjectLiberty #socialMediaFraud #socialMediaVerification #SteveCrocker #TBL #TimBernersLee #VintCerf #webOfTrust #WebSummit
After a weekend spent mostly indoors to avoid temperatures that hit or neared triple digits Saturday and Sunday, I’m flying to Los Angeles Tuesday for a grab-bag of reasons that include trying out Waymo’s robotaxi service there (which may make me feel like I’m living in the future), covering VidCon Anaheim (which is all but assured to make me feel old).
Patreon readers got an extra post from me Friday: my thoughts on reading Siddharth Kara’s brutal report on cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives, and then comparing that to Apple and Tesla’s supply-chain transparency reports.
6/18/2024: Google’s Third Beta of Android 15 Is Out, and It Has Some Handy New Security Features, PCMag
The fourth piece I’ve writen about the next version of Android had the least news about new features, because at this point in the development cycle Google is basically done announcing new features.
6/19/2024: Billionaire Frank McCourt Shares His Vision for a Decentralized, User-Owned TikTok, PCMag
I had thought this session could yield a good post, and it did not disappoint–even if McCourt’s answers onstage glossed over large parts of his “Project Liberty” proposal.
6/19/2024: What does AI mean for remote work?, Collision
My first panel at Collision–featuring Bhavin Shah, founder and CEO of Moveworks, and Jenny Fielding, co-founder and managing partner at Everywhere Ventures–was the last one added to my schedule and featured the largest audience, thanks to its spot on the event’s center stage.
6/20/2024: 1Password Adds New Account Recovery and Device Addition Options, PCMag
I need to revise this post with some extra details about the new device-addition user experience that 1Password’s PR folks provided Friday afternoon.
6/20/2024: Robots and humans: Partners in progress, Collision
Clock management can be tricky with three other speakers on stage (Erik Nieves, CEO of Plus One Robotics; Tessa Lau, co-founder of Dusty Robotics; and Etienne Lacroix, founder and CEO of Vention), but I managed to end this thing within 10 seconds of schedule. My fellow speakers helped immensely by sharing some enlightening anecdotes (for instance, Lau noting that Dusty’s construction-site-markup robots often get nicknamed “WALL-E” by human co-workers) and not stepping on each other’s lines.
6/20/2024: Revolutionizing email collaboration, Collision
At 25 minutes, this session was unusually long by Web Summit standards. And Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra was unusually poised and on-message in his answers to my questions about this paid e-mail service’s new AI features.
6/21/2024: Ep 101 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Qualcomm, Surgeon General warning, Apple WWDC recap, TikTok, Mark Vena
I had just enough time after getting home from Dulles to get lunch and get in a nap before joining this podcast recording.
6/22/2024: Rob Pegoraro Visits Washington Apple Pi, Washington Apple Pi
I had expected this would be an in-person talk like the one I did last June, but instead I spoke to the members of this longtime computer user group via Zoom. That meant I could not give away any tech-event swag but did allow me to share links to the stories I mentioned in Zoom’s chat window.
#1Password #Android15 #Collision #DustyRobotics #EverywhereVentures #FrankMcCourt #MarkVena #Moveworks #PlusOneRobotics #ProjectLiberty #remoteWork #Superhuman #TikTok #Toronto #userGroups #Vention #WAP #WashingtonApplePi #Waymo #WebSummit
🔥⏲️ Fudge Sunday #newsletter "Project Liberty & DSNP" A look at Project Liberty and Decentralized Social Networking Protocol
Decided to start reading up on "#ProjectLiberty", #billionaire #FrankMcCourt's plan to "save the internet!" or whatever, seeing as he's running ads...
Setting aside the untrustworthiness of lone billionaires, their megalomaniacal goals, and their grandiosely named political initiatives, I don't quite understand these goals, or how #McCourt "plans" to "fix" the supposed "problems" he's pointing to. We know #Twitter and #Facebook are bad, and we know why: this isn't new ground he's treading.
Part of me also thinks if one of these billionaires wants to put their money where their mouth is, they could always put it behind an actual project that might actually improve the way social media is done, like #Fediverse. I feel like even a tiny bit of this money thrown behind some server funds and #Mastodon code bounties could be a game-changer.
Then again, I have my doubts that this is actually about supporting the common good and not some self-righteous political goal...
EVENT #CreativeCommons & #AI, hosted by #ProjectLiberty
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**Project Liberty Pop-Up: Generative AI and the Commons
Online: Thursday 15 June 2023: 12:00–1:00pm ET**
**To RSVP, email [email protected]**
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**AI AI AI!** I’m sure you’ve been hearing about — and probably also thinking about — artificial intelligence recently. What does AI mean for the commons — the knowledge and culture we all share? 🤖🤖🤖
Join Creative Commons team members this Thursday for an online pop-up conversation hosted by Project Liberty on Generative AI and The Commons.
Creative Commons has long worked to ensure that copyright doesn’t overreach when it comes to training AI or use of AI’s outputs. Given recent litigation around generative AI, the debate is reaching a critical moment — both to defend copyright’s limits, but also promote responsible development and use of AI in ways that address concerns from creators and others.
Our hope is to help create practical solutions that both grow the commons and support better sharing of creative content to address issues around consent, credit, compensation, and beyond. Join us for a brief overview of the themes we see emerging so far, and an interactive discussion about AI and the commons.
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(posted on lor.sh due to longform posting char count support - tx Lor.sh!)
#fediverse #decentralised
MeWe social network with 20M users to integrate with Polkadot parachain - The integration is built on DSNP, a protocol created by Project L... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/mewe-social-network-with-20m-users-to-integrate-with-polkadot-parachain #projectliberty #braxtonwoodham #dataownership #frankmccourt #jeffreyedell #amplicalabs #socialmedia #frequency #weme
Hmm, seems to intersect w Mastodon/fediverse?? Read abt Frank McCourt & #ProjectLiberty on YahooFinance - "problem technology poses to our democracy"
"re-designing [how] the internet works..for people not for platforms,” McCourt elaborates “..need to give people ownership and control of their own data...not..platforms."
""Project Liberty...three-tracked project...tech track...DSNP (decentralized social networking protocol)...governance & movement"
#Mastodon #socialmedia #technology #democracy
Framing the freedom of speech in the digital age - before the roundtable, @[email protected] summarizes the outputs #ProjectLiberty‘s seminar that took place before @[email protected] We are really thankful to have participated in that great day of workshops and discussions! #PPF22
For riding out the multicrisis #cooperation is key. Grateful to contribute to #ProjectLiberty @[email protected] & @[email protected] with our extended @[email protected] team Ensuring saferðical digital world is key enabler to achieve sustainable #peace
Intense day of discussions and debate about the future of internet and how to build trust in the digital world at #ProjectLiberty’s seminar in collaboration with @[email protected]. Looking forward to hearing the ideas exposed in the next 2 days!
Anyone has an (informed) opinion about #ProjectLiberty (a decentralized social network different from the fediverse, with user-controlled identities, and which uses #ActivityStreams partially)?
Official Web site : https://www.projectliberty.io/
Whitepaper (quite reasonable)
https://github.com/LibertyDSNP/papers/blob/main/whitepaper/dsnp_whitepaper.pdf
In the media : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-20/real-estate-mogul-frank-mccourt-has-a-100-million-plan-to-replace-facebook
Project Liberty – the plan to replace Facebook by using blockchain to construct a new internet infrastructure called the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol https://squeet.me/objects/962c3e10d2f0cf88c9fd2f4da16477e30893b1f6