Patrick Kelleher
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This image shows the Facebook logo on the left, on the right is the Instagram logo, and in the centre is a picture of Mark Zuckerberg hoding a hand up in the air. The images are against a light blue background with text over them, set against red, that reads: "How to exercise your right to object to invasive ads on Facebook & Instagram".
Big TechCampaignNews Update
13th June 2025

How to exercise your right to object to personalised ads on Facebook and Instagram

If you use Facebook or Instagram, you’ve probably seen all the creepy, invasive ads. Meta, the parent company that owns both platforms, shows you these ads because they know everything about you — including who you love, whether you’re struggling with fertility issues, or if you suffer from problem gambling. …
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Jacob Tambling
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CampaignNewsNews Update
27th May 2025

Member digest – May 2025

Sometimes it can be tough going for many of us, but together we’ve achieved so much these past few months! With more than 350,000 of us all across Ireland, taking action every day on issues we care about, none of this would be possible. This is what we’ve been up…
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Patrick Kelleher
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Elon Musk is shown on the left with the "X" logo on the right. In the top right hand corner is the Uplift logo in red and blue which reads: "Uplift: People Powered Change". In the centre bottom of the image, text in white over a red background reads: "Why we're leaving X".
Big TechCampaignNewsNews Update
3rd March 2025

Why we’re leaving X/Twitter, and why you should too

Uplift is leaving X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Over the past two years, X has turned into an echo chamber of toxic hate and disturbing content. X is owned by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, who is leading the assault on US public service workers and government…
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Jacob Tambling
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CampaignNewsNews Update
12th February 2025

A Roadmap For Hope in Challenging Times

A Roadmap For Hope in Challenging Times You are not alone if like me you are feeling somewhat overwhelmed and despairing at the relentless bad news we wake up to every day. So what do we do in the face of all of this?  Here’s the thing, when we’re in…
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Patrick Kelleher
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Big TechCampaignNewsNews Update
23rd January 2025

The People’s Inquiry on Big Tech Harms: Report and Recommendations

On 22 October 2024, people from across Ireland joined a People’s Inquiry to share testimony on how Big Tech corporations have impacted their lives, families and communities. The Inquiry was organised by Uplift, and built on the organisation’s Big Tech survey where more than 1,000 people shared heartbreaking stories about…
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Jacob Tambling
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CampaignNewsNews Update
23rd January 2025

Programme for Government 2025

Programme for Government 2025Uplift members always come together and stand up for our communities, our environment, and peace around the world. Even when it seems hopeless, we are powerful when we stand together and take action for a better world. A few days ago Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and a…
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Brian Cuthbert
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Peacekeepers not Battlegroups
CampaignNewsNews UpdatePalestine
17th January 2025

Irish Neutrality – Save the Triple Lock

Irish people are extremely proud of our long-standing neutrality and history as peacemakers, not warmongers. But a small number of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael politicians want to change that. The new Programme for Government clearly aims to make changes to our neutrality and get rid of the Triple Lock.The…
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Alex Barton
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CampaignClimateNewsNews Update
1st January 2025

Uplift’s People Powered Forest

Exciting News: Our fourth people-powered forest has been planted!We are delighted to share the good news that our fourth people-powered forest has been planted in Clare, thanks to the support of hundreds of members across Ireland who sponsored trees and contributed to making it happen, as well as our friends…
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Alex Barton
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CampaignNewsNews Update
18th December 2024

We all Have the Power to Make Change 

The end of a year is a good time to reflect on all the amazing things we’ve achieved together in 2024. All across Ireland, you, along with Uplift’s 350,000 members have been campaigning hard to make the changes we want to see in our communities, and the wider world. There's…
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Patrick Kelleher
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Big TechCampaignNewsNews Update
4th December 2024

The People’s Inquiry on Big Tech Harms

For too long, the people of Ireland have been waiting for our political leaders to set and enforce strict rules for big tech corporations like Meta, Google, TikTok and X — but instead they’ve given these corporations free rein to harvest our most personal data, decide what we’re sold based…
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