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As TikTok prepares to shut down, billionaire Frank McCourt wants to buy it to radically change how the internet works

McCourt wants to build a decentralized version of the internet where individual users, rather than tech companies, own the reams of data spawned by their online lives.

Fortune

Here’s who could buy TikTok before it's banned in the U.S.

These people and companies could buy and save the popular platform for 170 million American users.

The Street

American billionaire wants to buy TikTok - but not its ‘highly addictive algorithm’

Elon Musk was recently linked with buying the US arm of ByteDance’s flagship app but those reports were quickly dismissed

The Independent UK

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Frank McCourt and Kevin O'Leary formally offer to buy TikTok after securing investors, debt financing, and a go-ahead from the White House

The Supreme Court is set to hear opening arguments in ByteDance’s case to block a sale.

Fortune

Growing social media app vows to shake up ‘toxic’ status quo

Emerging platform WeAre8 has announced a new tech partnership with US billionaire Frank McCourt to expand its social media site.

Evening Standard

US Billionaire Eyes TikTok Takeover To Save Internet From Big Tech

Frank McCourt, a US real estate billionaire, aims to buy TikTok to rescue the internet from the clutches of major platforms that he firmly believes are destroying society and endangering children.

International Business Times

Facebook whistleblower launches nonprofit to take on big tech

San Francisco (AFP) - Whistleblower Frances Haugen -- a former Facebook engineer who leaked documents suggesting the firm put profits before safety -- on Thursday launched an organization devoted to fighting harm caused by social media.

AFP

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