
About
Project Liberty
Our Story

Founded in 2019 by civic entrepreneur Frank McCourt, Project Liberty is building a people-centered digital future in the age of AI. We advance this mission through three interdependent strategies: building world-class digital infrastructure centered on people, shaping smarter policy, and mobilizing a movement for change.
Our work began with a new protocol to provide the shared digital rails for an open, interoperable web. We started with infrastructure because common standards for identity and connection are a prerequisite for restoring individuals’ control of their own data. That work provides the foundation for efforts to give people more agency over their digital identities and relationships, avoid platform lock-in, and manage our interactions with AI agents.
Three fundamental beliefs anchor our vision and form the foundation of Project Liberty’s work:
1. Choice–People, not platforms, should decide how personal data is used and set the terms for their interactions with AI agents and social platforms.
2. Voice–People should have a say in the transparent, accountable governance of online spaces.
3. Stake–People should benefit from the economic value they create online.

From Protocols to Platforms
Together with a community of partners, we’ve developed Frequency to put these principles into practice. Frequency currently protects data for over 13 million people, and transforms open standards into a living system that allows people to carry their digital identity, preferences, and context seamlessly across platforms.
The People’s Bid
In 2024, Project Liberty launched The People’s Bid for TikTok, a bold campaign to return one of the world’s most influential tech platforms to the people it serves. The initiative mobilized tens of thousands of supporters, secured $20 billion in capital commitments, and helped catalyze landmark legislation on personal data rights. It revealed both the urgency and the broad demand for a digital economy where people—not platforms—hold power.


Frequency
Today, Frequency is the practical expression of our vision: an open infrastructure securing data for millions and designed to anchor the agentic web. In an AI-driven world where systems depend on context, Frequency ensures that individuals govern their own information. By enabling context portability across AI models and digital services, Frequency will allow agents to deliver more effective and trustworthy outcomes while preserving privacy, consent, and ownership.
Team
Project Liberty Leadership
Project Liberty Team
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Scott Bendar
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Denise Duncan
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Kila Englebrook
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Harry Evans
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Lara Galinsky
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Kenne Ives
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Matt Higginson
Advisors
Project Liberty Advisors
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Angela Glover Blackwell
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Dr. John DeGioia
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Todd Golub, M.D.
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Eric Liu
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Dorcas Muthoni
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Dr. Dava Newman
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Alexis Ohanian
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Dan Porterfield
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Jeremy Heimans