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Exclusive: TikTok bidder calls $600 million EU fine latest example in 'avalanche of evidence' social media companies control too much user data

An Irish regulator fined TikTok for breaching laws meant to safeguard users’ personal information.

Fortune · May 2, 2025

Amazon, OnlyFans creator and crypto company bid for TikTok as deadline looms

Zoop, a startup run by OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely, reportedly partnered with a cryptocurrency company to make a late-stage bid

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025

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 · Jan 18, 2025

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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 · Jan 16, 2025

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 · Jan 10, 2025

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 · Nov 22, 2024

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 · Jun 19, 2024

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