Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s Issue 34 of our Week in Review series -- with AI cloud sovereignty a major theme this week, let’s dive in 👇

Our founder, Frank McCourt, writes in POLITICO on the urgency of building a better foundation for AI that embeds Western values and protects future generations -- and how our personal data is fueling the fight to shape our digital futures. 🗽 www.politico.eu/article/pers...

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Happy Friday from Project Liberty! This week’s newsletter details the rise of surveillance capitalism in the AI age, with personalized ads now entering the world’s leading AI chatbots. And here’s Issue 33 of our Week in Review series. Let’s dive in 👇

In this newsletter, we examined how surveillance capitalism is coming for our intimate conversations, and what we can do about it. email.projectliberty.io/your-chatbot...

Happy Friday from Project Liberty! This week’s newsletter focuses on the victim of the greatest theft in human history: your attention. And here’s Issue 32 of our Week in Review series. Let’s dive in 👇

Happy Monday from Project Liberty! Last week’s newsletter asked us a simple but disturbing question: do we need to copyright our own faces in the AI age? And here’s Issue 31 of our Week in Review series. Let’s dive in 👇

Happy Friday from Project Liberty! This week’s newsletter discusses the proliferation of AI privacy policies – and what’s really in the fine print. And here’s Issue 30 of our Week in Review series. Let’s dive in 👇

Most of us agree to thousands of words of terms & conditions without reading a single sentence. What are we exactly signing?

Happy Friday from Project Liberty! This week’s newsletter discusses the emerging phenomenon of AI children’s toys – e.g. chatbot-powered teddy bears that can talk back to their owners. More on that below. And here’s Issue 29 of our Week in Review series. Let’s dive in 👇

Happy Friday and Happy New Year from Project Liberty! Here’s the first Week in Review of 2026. Let’s dive in 👇

Happy Friday from Project Liberty! This week’s newsletter discusses the importance of wisdom in the age of AI. Scroll down for more! And here’s Issue 27 of our Week in Review series. Happy holidays! Let’s dive in 👇

Happy Friday from Project Liberty! We’re back with Issue 26 of our Week(s) in Review series. Let’s dive in 👇

Happy Friday from Project Liberty! We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Issue 25 of our Week in Review series is here. Let’s dive in 👇

Happy early Thanksgiving from Project Liberty! Issue 24 of our Week in Review series is dropping a few days early. Let’s dive in 👇

Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Our newsletter this week asks why cars, restaurants, apartments, and worksites have strict safety standards – but not social media. Scroll down to read! And here’s our Week in Review for November 15-21. Let’s dive in 👇

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Our newsletter this week asks an increasingly realistic question: are “our” AI systems working against us? And here’s our Week in Review for November 8-14. Let’s dive in 👇

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for November 1-7. Let’s dive in 👇

One of the guiding themes of #AttnGovernOrBeGoverned was how we can build digital technologies with humans in mind. This question has informed much of Frank McCourt's work, as the Founder of @projectliberty.io and Executive Chairman of McCourt Global. 🧵 #Attention2025

Today at #EmTechMIT, Frank McCourt, the founder of Project Liberty, spoke about his hopes for the future of AI: “Let’s use the technology to get smarter. Let’s use the technology to spread the wealth. Let’s use the technology to revitalize democracy.”

1/ Happy Halloween from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for Oct 25-31. Let’s dive in 👇

@taylorowen.bsky.social highlighted the online harms component of this conversation, emphasizing the pedagogical challenges in this space that must be addressed to safeguard our democracy in the age of AI.

We wrapped day 1 of #AttnGovernOrBeGoverned with a closing keynote from Jim Balsillie (former Chair and Co-CEO, Research in Motion) on "Un-Capturing Democracy," followed by an interview with Centre Founder @taylorowen.bsky.social 🧵 #Attention2025

We kicked off day 2 with keynote address from Nobel Laureate and Co-founder/CEO of @rappler.bsky.social, @mariaressa.bsky.social, on the future of global digital governance. #AttnGovernOrBeGoverned #Attention2025

Another powerful moment from #AttnGovernOrBeGoverned was the day 2 plenary panel: Chatbots as the New Threat to Children Online, moderated by Ava Smithing (Centre Youth Fellow & Advocacy and Operations Director, Young People’s Alliance).

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for Oct 18-24. Let’s dive in 👇

I enjoyed moderating this conversation with Frank McCourt from @projectliberty.io at today's Attention Forum in Montreal @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social. We spoke about everything from buying TikTok to building a better digital world.

What if our digital infrastructure put people first, instead of platforms? For @projectliberty.io Founder and Executive Chairman of McCourt Global, Frank McCourt, it is possible to imagine a new digital future where we get to set the terms.

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for Oct 11-17. Let’s dive in 👇

SPECIAL REPORT: This past week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a slew of tech accountability and AI governance bills into law, capping a monthslong drama that gripped Silicon Valley and the broader US digital rights movement. 🐻 Let’s review!

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for Oct 4-10. Let’s dive in 👇

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for Sept 27-Oct 3. Let’s dive in 👇

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for Sept 20-26. Let’s dive in 👇

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for Sept 13-19. Let’s dive in 👇

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for Sept 6-12. Let’s dive in 👇

Our friends at @projectliberty.io point to new business models emerging in response to AI — like Cloudflare letting publishers charge AI crawlers — and they explain how this could transform the way we live online. email.projectliberty.io/who-pays-for...

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend – here’s our Week in Review for August 30-Sept 5. Let’s dive in 👇

“Erik, you’re not crazy.” A murder-suicide shows how ChatGPT fueled a dangerous man’s paranoia.

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for August 23-29. Let’s dive in 👇

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for August 16-22. This week’s focus: the rise of AI chatbots and personas, and the threats they pose to us, our children, and our civic society. Let’s dive in 👇

Sez Us & @projectliberty.io announce that Sez Us is the latest application to launch on the @frequency.xyz blockchain with single sign-on. www.counton2.com/business/pre...

Last week, Project Liberty hosted the State Leadership Summit on Digital Choice & The Future of Social Media at the MIT Media Lab. We were joined by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers across 20 states taking action on America’s crisis of digital choice. events.projectliberty.io/state-leader...

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for August 9-15…with a special celebratory post for our recent State Leadership Summit in Boston. Let’s dive in 👇

Almost everyone agrees that controlling your own online data is important. Yet generational differences in attitudes about data collection and personalized ads complicate global efforts to legislate on data privacy. Read more in Tech Policy Press: www.techpolicy.press/as-privacy-p...

Yesterday's Project Liberty newsletter explored the vibe coding revolution's effects on innovation, privacy, efficiency, and human agency. Scroll down for more articles spanning data leaks, AI safety, social trust, tech whistleblowers, and more. email.projectliberty.io/welcome-to-t...

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for Aug 2-8. Let’s dive in 👇

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for July 26-Aug 1. Let’s dive in 👇

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for July 18-25. Let’s dive in 👇

1/ Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for July 11-18. Let’s dive in 👇

Last week, the Project Liberty Institute, along with our partners at the Global Solutions Initiative, attended the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 and the AI for Good Summit, both organized by the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/5n89vk89