Featured Session: The People’s Bid: Reclaiming a Voice, Choice, & Stake in the Future of the Internet

Mar 7, 2025

4:00pm – 5:00pm CT

How do we move from an attention economy to an intention economy? How can we reclaim control of our digital lives? And what is the only legal way to save TikTok? In this exclusive fireside chat, civic entrepreneur Frank McCourt and strategic investor Kevin O’Leary will discuss The People’s Bid for TikTok – their groundbreaking effort to buy the short video platform and remake it into the cornerstone of an upgraded internet. They’ll explore how decentralized technology and revolutionary business models can power the next generation of the web, and give people more voice, choice, and stake in the future of the internet.

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photo of Clare Duffy
photo of Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt

Project Liberty

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Kevin O'Leary

O'Leary Ventures

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Type: Session
Track: Culture
Level: Beginner
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