Project Liberty

Amplica Labs Acquires AI Platform Speakeasy to Improve Civil Dialogue Online

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Friday, April 19, 2024
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NEW YORK, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a groundbreaking move designed to redefine the future of online interactions, Amplica Labs has announced its acquisition of Speakeasy's pioneering AI platform for improving digital discourse. This acquisition marks a significant step forward in addressing the pressing issues plaguing online conversations today.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a groundbreaking move designed to redefine the future of online interactions, Amplica Labs has announced its acquisition of Speakeasy's pioneering AI platform for improving digital discourse.
  • Braxton Woodham, President at Amplica Labs , emphasized the transformative nature of the acquisition, stating, "Civil dialogue on the internet is an endangered species.
  • With Speakeasy, we can not only help address the toxicity that defines much of the existing web, but also elevate online conversations through the judicious application of AI.
  • The innovative technology developed at Speakeasy and now set to be implemented by Amplica Labs is designed to transform online conversations for the better, ensuring they're more productive, engaging and meaningful for all parties."

Project Liberty Founder Frank McCourt to Donate Proceeds from His Forthcoming Book OUR BIGGEST FIGHT to Project Liberty Foundation

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank McCourt, executive chairman of McCourt Global and founder of Project Liberty, today announced that net proceeds from his forthcoming book "OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age," will be donated to the Project Liberty Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization working to advance the responsible development of technology and ensure that tomorrow's internet is designed and governed for the common good. OUR BIGGEST FIGHT, co-authored with journalist Michael Casey, will be published by Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, on March 12, 2024, and is currently available for pre-sale. 

Key Points: 
  • Sales of OUR BIGGEST FIGHT will support the nonprofit Project Liberty Foundation and strengthen its global partner network.
  • OUR BIGGEST FIGHT has been selected by the Next Big Idea Club as its "must-read" book for March.
  • Project Liberty Foundation's international network of collaborators includes academic partners Georgetown University, Stanford University, and Sciences Po, as well as more than 60 civic organizations.
  • "The book offers concrete solutions to upgrade the internet and is a powerful call to advance Project Liberty Foundation's critical work."

Majority of People Around the World Agree: Big Tech Should be Held Responsible for Online Safety and Social Media's Harms to Kids

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Project Liberty Foundation, a global non-profit organization founded by Frank McCourt, today released findings from a large-scale, global survey focused on attitudes about technology and social media's impact on children around the world. Conducted by the Foundation's research arm, "Publics Around the World: Kids - and Parents - Need a Safer Internet" reveals widespread concerns and consistent agreement that social media companies - more than governments or individual users - should bear the greatest responsibility for the online safety of children.

Key Points: 
  • Across the seven countries polled, a median of 65% say they are "very concerned" that kids might be subjected to cyberbullying or harassment.
  • Whereas, just 38% of U.S. adults believe the government should play a major role in regulating the internet and social media.
  • While parents agree that social media can open the door for harm to children, most parents acknowledge that online social connections can benefit young people.
  • A median of 46% believe social media's effect on kids has been either "very positive" (13%) or "somewhat positive" (34%).

Amplica Labs and MeWe Celebrate Migration of 500K Users from Web 2.0 to Web3, Enabled by Frequency Blockchain

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Amplica Labs, a technology development company launched by McCourt Global, and MeWe, a global social network with 20+ million users, announced a significant achievement today in their joint mission to provide users with more control over their data and sharing experiences. This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing. This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.

Key Points: 
  • MeWe, with over 20 million members, strengthens its position as the world's largest decentralized social network by leveraging Frequency, a Layer-1 blockchain developed by Amplica Labs.
  • This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing.
  • This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.
  • "Our team at Amplica Labs is thrilled that this significant milestone of crossing 500,000 migrations to the Frequency ecosystem has been achieved.

Amplica Labs and MeWe Celebrate Migration of 500K Users from Web 2.0 to Web3, Enabled by Frequency Blockchain

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MeWe, a global social network with 20+ million users and Amplica Labs, a technology development company launched by McCourt Global, announced a significant achievement today in their joint mission to provide users with more control over their data and sharing experiences. This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing. This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.

Key Points: 
  • MeWe, with over 20 million members, strengthens its position as the world's largest decentralized social network by leveraging Frequency, a Layer-1 blockchain developed by Amplica Labs.
  • This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing.
  • This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.
  • "Our team at Amplica Labs is thrilled that this significant milestone of crossing 500,000 migrations to the Frequency ecosystem has been achieved.

Amplica Labs and MeWe Celebrate Migration of 500K Users from Web 2.0 to Web3, Enabled by Frequency Blockchain

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Amplica Labs, a technology development company launched by McCourt Global, and MeWe, a global social network with 20+ million users, announced a significant achievement today in their joint mission to provide users with more control over their data and sharing experiences. This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing. This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.

Key Points: 
  • MeWe, with over 20 million members, strengthens its position as the world's largest decentralized social network by leveraging Frequency, a Layer-1 blockchain developed by Amplica Labs.
  • This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing.
  • This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.
  • "Our team at Amplica Labs is thrilled that this significant milestone of crossing 500,000 migrations to the Frequency ecosystem has been achieved.

Amplica Labs and MeWe Celebrate Migration of 500K Users from Web 2.0 to Web3, Enabled by Frequency Blockchain

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
LOS, Stanford University, Privacy, Social media, Partnership, Frank McCourt (executive), Sciences Po, History, Georgetown University, Big Tech, Project Liberty, Internet, DSNP, Networking hardware, Growth, Cryptocurrency

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MeWe, a global social network with 20+ million users and Amplica Labs, a technology development company launched by McCourt Global, announced a significant achievement today in their joint mission to provide users with more control over their data and sharing experiences. This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing. This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.

Key Points: 
  • MeWe, with over 20 million members, strengthens its position as the world's largest decentralized social network by leveraging Frequency, a Layer-1 blockchain developed by Amplica Labs.
  • This partnership successfully moved 500,000 active MeWe users to Web3 by utilizing the Frequency blockchain, which Amplica Labs played a key role in developing.
  • This migration from Web 2.0 to Web3 is the largest of its kind and was carried out seamlessly without disrupting MeWe users' current experience.
  • "Our team at Amplica Labs is thrilled that this significant milestone of crossing 500,000 migrations to the Frequency ecosystem has been achieved.

OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age, a New Book by Frank H. McCourt, Jr. to be Released March 2024

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank McCourt, Executive Chairman of McCourt Global and Founder of Project Liberty, along with co-writer Michael Casey, has authored the book "OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age," which will be published by Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, on March 12, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • For decades, thought leaders and policy experts have weighed in with suggestions for fixing the internet's ills, mostly through top-down regulation.
  • Information is the lifeblood of any society, and our current system for accessing, engaging and sharing it is corrupted at its heart.
  • They reimagine the internet as a place where the individual can choose whether or not to share their data.
  • Americans have an opportunity—perhaps the last one we'll ever get—to lead the world out of a mess we helped create.

OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age, a New Book by Frank H. McCourt, Jr. to be Released March 2024

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Dignity, Silicon, Stanford University, Crown Publishing Group, Democracy, Public policy, Architecture, Heart, Trust, Society, Policy, Frank McCourt (executive), Intelligence, Sciences Po, Georgetown University, Penguin Random House, McCourt, Mental health, Constitution, Work, Algorithm, Digital, Risk, American Revolution, Environment, Big Tech, Project Liberty, Hostility, Common Sense, Toxicity, Human, The Digital Age, Internet, Parent, OUR, Information Age, Motion, Personhood, Cryptocurrency

NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank McCourt, Executive Chairman of McCourt Global and Founder of Project Liberty, along with co-writer Michael Casey, has authored the book "OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age," which will be published by Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, on March 12, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • For decades, thought leaders and policy experts have weighed in with suggestions for fixing the internet's ills, mostly through top-down regulation.
  • Information is the lifeblood of any society, and our current system for accessing, engaging and sharing it is corrupted at its heart.
  • They reimagine the internet as a place where the individual can choose whether or not to share their data.
  • Americans have an opportunity—perhaps the last one we'll ever get—to lead the world out of a mess we helped create.

McCourt Global Welcomes Tomicah Tillemann as President of Project Liberty

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank McCourt, Executive Chairman of McCourt Global and Founder of Project Liberty, today announced the appointment of Dr. Tomicah Tillemann as the first president of Project Liberty, a far-reaching effort to build an internet where individuals have more control over their data, a voice in how digital platforms operate, and more access to the economic benefits of innovation. Project Liberty is supported by a $500-million commitment by McCourt and encompasses the work of the Project Liberty Foundation – a 501(c)(3) with an international partner network that includes Georgetown University, Stanford University, Sciences Po, and other leading academic institutions and civic organizations – and Amplica Labs, a technology business launched by McCourt Global that is focused on developing the next generation of digital infrastructure. Tillemann's hire marks an important step by McCourt to strengthen Project Liberty's technology, policy and governance expertise and further its mission to build a better web and better world.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank McCourt, Executive Chairman of McCourt Global and Founder of Project Liberty, today announced the appointment of Dr. Tomicah Tillemann as the first president of Project Liberty, a far-reaching effort to build an internet where individuals have more control over their data, a voice in how digital platforms operate, and more access to the economic benefits of innovation.
  • "Never in my lifetime have we faced a more consequential inflection point for the future of democracy, technology and society," said McCourt.
  • Tillemann will also serve as Interim CEO of the Project Liberty Foundation, as its inaugural CEO, Martina Larkin, departs the organization this month.
  • McCourt Global initiated and incubated the Project Liberty Foundation, which publicly launched as "Project Liberty" in June 2021.