Project Liberty Institute

Project Liberty Institute, a 501(c)(3) founded by Frank McCourt, is bringing together technologists, academics, policymakers, civil society and citizens to build a safer, healthier tech ecosystem. The Institute has an international partner network that includes Georgetown University, Stanford University, and other leading academic institutions and civic organizations.

Project Liberty Institute is the steward of the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP) which is available as a public utility to serve as the bedrock of a more equitable web and support a new era of innovation that empowers people over platforms and serves the common good. 

Insights

Insights draws on quantitative and qualitative research among experts and the general public to advance evidence-based solutions for a global digital economy, where people have a greater voice, choice and stake in how their online data, identities, and social networks are both shared and safe-guarded. The Insights team works at the intersection of technology, policy, and governance innovation.

Institute Reports

Research Network

The Insights team manages Project Liberty Institute’s research network, which includes institutional partners at Georgetown University, Stanford University, MIT, Harvard, and ETH Zurich. The Insights team collaborates with its academic partners to identify, and fund, research that will advance understanding of the conditions and factors affecting people’s voice, choice, and stake in the global digital economy. The Insights team plays a coordinating and consultative role across the research network. All research is independently designed, executed, and reported by partner institutions. All projects are required to publicly report results, including in refereed, academic journals.