In a bold move to reshape the future of social networking, Project Liberty has announced a strategic partnership with SOAR.com, an AI-driven series of data sharing portals created by Ancestry founder and serial entrepreneur Paul Allen. This alliance brings together Project Liberty’s decentralized social media offering, backed by real estate billionaire Frank McCourt to the tune of $250 million, with SOAR’s AI-powered family and local government-focused platforms.
Challenging the Centralized Social Media Monopoly
The concentrated power wielded by the owners of major social media platforms, such as Elon Musk’s X, has reached an unprecedented level. Project Liberty and SOAR see this as the perfect opportunity for decentralized alternatives to attract new users seeking to reclaim control over their digital lives.
Project Liberty’s vision involves creating a publicly accessible database of people’s social connections, known as the decentralized social networking protocol (DSNP). The project also utilizes cryptocurrency in the form of Frequency, which is part of the Polkadot ecosystem.
SOAR’s AI-Powered Data Sharing Portals
SOAR’s AI studio includes the Family Portal, an app originally created by Allen on Facebook with 120 million users. This portal will leverage AI-based transcription technology to record and store a universe of family interactions. SOAR also features the Citizens Portal, a search-friendly local government data service with over a million hours of transcripts and information from city, county, and state meetings.
We should have sovereign citizenship in the future of the internet, respecting our human rights in the digital world.
– Paul Allen, SOAR Founder
Ensuring User Data Control
One of the primary reasons Allen was drawn to Project Liberty is the promise it makes to users that they will permanently retain control over their data—a trust that was violated in the cases of Facebook and Ancestry.com after he left those companies. This control must be ensured at the technology level, not simply through terms of service that can be changed down the line.
Millions of Potential Users
Since the creation of the Frequency blockchain, Project Liberty has attracted 1.3 million users. SOAR’s “Family and Citizens” portals are expected to bring in tens of millions more in the future as people seek alternatives to the current all-powerful social media platforms, according to Tomicah Tillemann, president of Project Liberty. Beyond decentralization, this is also an opportunity to “get AI right,” he added.
Bidding for TikTok’s US Assets
Project Liberty is also a potential bidder for the US version of Chinese firm TikTok (known as the “people’s bid”), should the company be forced to sell to a US owner. Tillemann noted there has been significant activity and commitments of tens of billions in capital to participate in these efforts.
At this point, we are widely regarded as the leading contender for TikTok’s US assets, should they become available.
– Tomicah Tillemann, Project Liberty President
Project Liberty is working with a wide range of stakeholders to ultimately integrate TikTok and its 170 million US users into the same infrastructure discussed in the partnership with the Frequency blockchain.
The Future of the Internet Summit
On November 21-22, Project Liberty will host its first summit on the future of the internet in Washington, D.C. This event is expected to draw significant attention to the decentralized social media movement and the partnership between Project Liberty and SOAR.
As the battle for user data privacy and control intensifies, the alliance between Project Liberty and SOAR represents a significant step forward in the quest to create a fairer, more user-centric internet. With the potential acquisition of TikTok’s US assets on the horizon and millions of users seeking alternatives to centralized social media giants, this partnership may well shape the future landscape of online interaction.
