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recent bookmarks from jmHow Ireland’s Abortion Referendum Became a Test Case for Democracy in the Social Media Age2018-06-05T22:13:45+00:00
https://storyful.com/blog/2018/06/01/how-irelands-abortion-referendum-became-a-test-case-for-democracy-in-the-social-media-age/
jmOn 4chan, a number of users who identified as Irish attempted to infiltrate the online conversation and tarnish the pro-repeal campaign. Operation Zyklon encouraged users to spread awareness of a connection between Amnesty International Ireland and the philanthropist George Soros, who donated €137,000 to Amnesty’s My Body My Rights campaign in 2016. Operation Trojan Horse saw users sharing templates of fake pro-repeal posters with extreme captions such as, “There should be no limit on abortion up to birth”. Users were encouraged to print and spread these posters around college campuses and share them across social media. A particularly curious operation called Operation Drunken Monkey aimed to stifle student voter turnout by organizing club nights on May 24 in the hope that students would be too hungover to vote the following day.
]]>4chan repealthe8th abortion referenda politics fake-news amnestyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:73da75e4857c/Family in No poster Says YES to Marriage Equality | Amnesty International2015-05-07T13:19:08+00:00
http://www.amnesty.ie/news/family-no-poster-say-yes-marriage-equality
jm"In 2014, as a young family, we did a photo shoot with a photographer friend to get some nice shots for the family album. No money was exchanged – we got nice photos for free, they got nice images for their portfolio. As part of this agreement, we agreed to let them upload them to a stock photo album. We knew that these were available for purchase and we gave permission. Perhaps, naïvely, we imagined that on the off chance that any was ever selected, it might be for a small magazine or website. To confirm, we have not received any money for the photo – then or now, and nor do we expect any.
We were surprised and upset to see that the photo was being used as part of a campaign with which we do not agree. We completely support same-sex marriage, and we believe that same-sex couples’ should of course be able to adopt, as we believe that they are equally able to provide children with much-needed love and care. To suggest otherwise is offensive to us, and to many others."
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