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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Apps For Ireland's Anti-Abortion Campaigns Allow User Data To Be Shared With The NRA
The Save the 8th and LoveBoth apps, hosted by the company that ran apps for the Trump and Brexit campaigns, allow personal user data to be shared with an international network of conservative groups.
Ireland's two largest anti-abortion campaigns are facing questions over privacy after a BuzzFeed News analysis found that personal user data gathered by both of their apps can be shared with an international network of conservative and religious groups that includes the US National Rifle Association.
The Save the 8th campaign and the LoveBoth Project are at the forefront of the campaign to prevent the repeal of the Eighth Amendment of Ireland's constitution which makes abortion illegal in most cases when the country votes in a referendum this Friday. Save the 8th's My8 app and the LoveBoth app were developed by the same Washington, DCbased company, Political Social Media LLC, which specialises in building digital campaigning tools for conservative, religious, and anti-abortion groups.
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This means data can be shared not just between the two ostensibly separate Irish anti-abortion groups, but also with previous clients such as the NRA, the Trump presidential campaign, the Republican National Committee, and the Susan B. Anthony List, a major US anti-abortion group. In the UK, the network includes the Conservative Party and main pro-Brexit campaign, Vote Leave.
The company has also developed apps for the Australian Christian Lobby and Marriage Alliance, two groups that campaigned unsuccessfully against marriage equality when the country voted on the issue in a postal survey last November.
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurasilver/ireland-anti-abortion-campaigns-apps-privacy-nra?utm_term=.fvY4b6pl6#.tpgvnzG3z
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)same well funded RWNJ sources. Most people wouldn't have a clue that they are being played.
TimeSnowDemos
(476 posts)But I think it will be yes on Friday... god knows my family is largely voting yes... Out of the voting age people in my family 7 of 9 are voting Yes.
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)Friday.
TimeSnowDemos
(476 posts)And the fact that I'm in Rathfarnham and seeing a LOAD of Yes support makes me optimistic.
Of course my son's school is closed for the vote...
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)right now, in sweltering 18c heat !
I hope we have this while we're down in Kerry... I mean we usually do... but... always at this time of the year the weather gets nice... taunting the kids.
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)my fingers crossed for you, a bit of sun transforms the place.
TimeSnowDemos
(476 posts)This is what we USUALLY get (I've been 10+ times in the last decade).
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)TimeSnowDemos
(476 posts)voteearlyvoteoften
(1,716 posts)They have the energy. The Nos have signs on every single lamppost. But no visible support.
Vote Yes!!
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)debate last night on tv - Simon Harris did a super job. There definitely seems to have been a turn since the weekend. Fingers crossed !