In a groundbreaking partnership set to disrupt the social media landscape, Project Liberty has joined forces with SOAR.com, an AI-driven suite of data sharing and social networking portals created by Ancestry founder and serial entrepreneur Paul Allen. Backed by a staggering $500 million investment from real estate tycoon Frank McCourt, Project Liberty is on a mission to build a fairer, more decentralized internet.
Decentralizing Social Connections
At the heart of Project Liberty’s vision is the creation of a publicly accessible database of people’s social connections, known as the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP). By leveraging cryptocurrency technology in the form of Frequency, part of the Polkadot ecosystem, the project aims to give users unprecedented control over their data and social interactions online.
As concerns grow over the concentration of power in the hands of social media platform owners like X’s Elon Musk, the time seems ripe for decentralized alternatives to gain traction. Project Liberty’s partnership with SOAR.com brings together cutting-edge AI technology and a commitment to user data sovereignty, offering a compelling alternative to the status quo.
AI-Powered Family and Citizen Portals
SOAR.com’s AI studio, led by Paul Allen, includes a Family Portal that uses AI-powered transcription technology to record and store a universe of family interactions. Built originally on Facebook, where it amassed 120 million users, the portal’s integration with Project Liberty promises to give families unprecedented control over their shared data and memories.
Alongside the Family Portal, SOAR.com’s Citizen Portal offers an easily searchable local community government data service, boasting over a million hours of transcripts and information from municipal, county, and state meetings. By bringing these services onto Project Liberty’s decentralized infrastructure, Allen and his team aim to empower citizens and protect their digital rights in the face of increasingly centralized internet giants.
We wanted this kind of outcome with a few trillion-dollar companies controlling the internet? Not really. We have sovereign citizenship in the countries we live in. We should have sovereign citizenship in the future of the web, respecting our human rights in the digital world.
Paul Allen, founder of SOAR.com
Millions of Users and a Potential TikTok Acquisition
Since establishing the Frequency blockchain, Project Liberty has attracted 1.3 million users, a number set to grow exponentially with the addition of SOAR.com’s Family and Citizens portals. As people seek alternatives to all-powerful social media platforms, Project Liberty president Tomicah Tillemann sees an opportunity to “do AI right” while bringing much-needed decentralization to the space.
Perhaps most intriguingly, Project Liberty has emerged as a potential frontrunner in the bid for TikTok’s US assets, should the Chinese-owned company be forced to sell to an American owner. Tillemann confirmed that Project Liberty is widely regarded as the leading bidder, with commitments of tens of billions in capital to support the effort.
We are working with a wide range of stakeholders to ultimately bring TikTok and its 170 million US users onto the same infrastructure that we’re talking about in our partnership with the Frequency blockchain.
Tomicah Tillemann, president of Project Liberty
Shaping the Future of the Internet
As Project Liberty gears up to host its inaugural Summit on the Future of the Internet in Washington, D.C. on November 21-22, the stakes couldn’t be higher. With the backing of tech luminaries like Paul Allen and the financial muscle of Frank McCourt, the partnership with SOAR.com represents a significant step towards a more open, user-centric internet.
By combining cutting-edge AI technology with a commitment to data sovereignty and decentralization, Project Liberty and SOAR.com are poised to reshape the social media landscape as we know it. As the battle for TikTok’s US assets heats up and the call for alternatives to centralized platforms grows louder, this groundbreaking alliance may well hold the key to the future of online interaction.
