Concerned by the dangers of the Internet, Frank McCourt embarked on a new project. The owner of Olympique de Marseille will try to buy the activities of the social network TikTok in the United States.
For Frank McCourt, life does not only revolve around football and Olympique de Marseille. The strong shareholder of the Marseille club also works in other areas such as real estate, technology or capital investment. Through his McCourt Global group, the American has effectively embarked on a project aimed at buying TikTok's activities in the United States with the help of investors. We are talking about an operation worth around $100 million, estimate experts relayed by Le Figaro.
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This shows the determination of Frank McCourt, still worried about the use of the Internet. “ The foundations of our digital infrastructure are broken and it's time to fix themexplained the businessman in a press release on the website of his group Project Liberty. We can and must do more to safeguard the health and well-being of our children, our families, democracy and society. We view this potential acquisition as an incredible opportunity to catalyze an alternative to the current technological model that has colonized the internet. »
« By bringing together leading academics, technologists, behavioral scientists, psychologists and economic experts with community partners, parents and citizens, we believe we can preserve – and improve – the TikTok experience by giving individuals and platform creators the value and control they deserve over who has access to their data and how it is used “, continued Frank McCourt.
-« This country has long been the global engine of groundbreaking innovations, and I encourage anyone who wants to get your data back from big tech to engage with us and take a step forward to redefine the future of the internet for the citizens », concluded the owner of Olympique de Marseille who is trying to take advantage of a measure from the American government. Last May, local authorities demanded the sale within 12 months of TikTok by its parent company ByteDance, which filed a complaint denouncing a law “ unconstitutional ».
