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Open Rights Group

Data profiling by political parties can put your privacy at risk and threaten electoral integrity.

But data protection hands power back to voters ✊

ORG has developed a tool for you to opt-out of data processing by the different UK political parties.

Take action ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/opt-out-political-parties-processing-your-data-0

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #election #ukpolitics #ukpol

Open Rights Group

Opt-out of political parties processing your data

Political parties are hungry for sensitive personal data about your views, opinions, voting preferences and ideological outlook. Parties will actively seek to obtain this information from surveys and canvassing. They will also purchase commercially available data-sets and use automatic processing to try and predict your likely voting beliefs and intentions. Some people might be happy to volunteer this information to parties, or for political parties to purchase data about them.

Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3 days ago

Data profiling by political parties can put your privacy at risk and threaten electoral integrity.

But data protection hands power back to voters ✊

ORG has developed a tool for you to opt-out of data processing by the different UK political parties.

Take action ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/opt-out-political-parties-processing-your-data-0

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #election #ukpolitics #ukpol

Open Rights Group

Opt-out of political parties processing your data

Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3 days ago

Your vote isn't won. It's predicted.

UK political parties collect and use data to profile you as a voter, tailoring their message accordingly.

Our investigation found that canvassing apps used by the Parties create risks to voters’ privacy.

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #election #ukpolitics #ukpol

Open Rights Group

New report: Voter data privacy concerns over apps used by political parties

Moral Hazard A new report, Moral Hazard: Voter Data Privacy and Politics in Election Canvassing Apps, raises concerns about the privacy and security of canvassing apps used by political parties.

Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3 days ago

ORG revealed that canvassing apps used by UK political parties threaten voter privacy 🗳️

They use commercially owned infrastructure that are rife with security vulnerabilities.

We lose in a data arms race that's driving electioneering.

Find out more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/data-and-democracy-project/

#ORG2025 #digitalrights #dataprotection #gdpr #election #ukpolitics #ukpol

Open Rights Group

Data and Democracy

ORG seeks to prevent digital technologies from eroding public trust in the democratic process.

Text: Investigating Electioneering Apps – ORG's investigation uncovered privacy and security gaps in the canvassing apps used by political parties. Image: Green and pink textured abstract background.

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The Conversation U.S.

@TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 4 days ago

When even Republicans think Republicans are in trouble…

A wave of GOP members are retiring or resigning ahead of #2026, hinting at a rough midterm map. https://theconversation.com/who-thinks-republicans-will-suffer-in-the-2026-midterms-republican-members-of-congress-271285

#USPolitics #election

The Conversation

Who thinks Republicans will suffer in the 2026 midterms? Republican members of Congress

The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. More than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.

The Conversation U.S.

@TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 4 days ago

When even Republicans think Republicans are in trouble…

#USPolitics #election

The Conversation

Who thinks Republicans will suffer in the 2026 midterms? Republican members of Congress

The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. More than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.

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The Conversation U.S.

@TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 4 days ago

The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. Seeing the odds, more than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.

https://theconversation.com/who-thinks-republicans-will-suffer-in-the-2026-midterms-republican-members-of-congress-271285
#USPolitics #election

The Conversation

Who thinks Republicans will suffer in the 2026 midterms? Republican members of Congress

The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. More than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.

The Conversation U.S.

@TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 4 days ago

The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. Seeing the odds, more than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.

https://theconversation.com/who-thinks-republicans-will-suffer-in-the-2026-midterms-republican-members-of-congress-271285
#USPolitics #election

The Conversation

Who thinks Republicans will suffer in the 2026 midterms? Republican members of Congress

The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. More than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Chile has become the latest Latin American country to ditch the left after voters, driven by fears of crime and migration, elected their first far-right leader since the end of military dictatorship in 1990. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/world/politics/chile-latin-america-right/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #latinamerica #chile #venezuela #election #argentina #donaldtrump #economicsecurity

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Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

#US companies are vying for contracts to rebuild #Gaza. This is what a lot of people don't grasp about #war & #climatechange. Their destructive effects always open new avenues of #capital accumulation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/gaza-rebuild-us-contractors

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive

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Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

It's so American how the Sackler family caused a national #opioidcrisis which ultimately led to the #fentanyl crisis, & instead of imprisoning them the #US eventually went "Hang on, we can use this as an excuse to start a war with a country that doesn't even produce fentanyl."

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/gaza-rebuild-us-contractors

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Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Trump’s anti #Somali rants are not directed only at that group. All #Black / #African people are seen as suspects, as ungrateful #criminals who are deserving of punishment & scorn. He isn't alone in this thinking.

https://www.blackagendareport.com/we-are-all-somalia

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #US #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

https://www.blackagendareport.com/we-are-all-somalia

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Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Long #war against #Venezuela, World #AIDS day, #Eritrea support for #Sudan, #Europe 's decline, Pan-African conference in #Ghana, #GuineaBissau, Caribbean Zone of #Peace, defending #Iran 's sovereignty, Trump's regime change plan for #Venezuela / #Cuba / #Honduras.

https://www.blackagendareport.com/

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

https://www.blackagendareport.com/

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Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · last month

#US regime change wars are reliably disastrous, & are always justified based on lies. This would be true even if #Venezuela really was a major #drug trafficking threat & even if #Maduro really was the world’s most evil #dictator, neither of which are the case.

https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/us-regime-change-interventionism

The Conversation U.S.

@TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 4 weeks ago

New research shows ranked choice voting works better than the usual “pick one” system, helping elect candidates most voters actually support and avoiding spoiler chaos.

We’re curious what you think: Should more places try it?

https://theconversation.com/ranked-choice-voting-outperforms-the-winner-take-all-system-used-to-elect-nearly-every-us-politician-267515
#USPolitics #Election

The Conversation

Ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system used to elect nearly every US politician

Ranked choice voting largely avoids the pitfalls of plurality voting, giving voters the power to express their true candidate preferences rather than being strategic.

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · last month

https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/us-regime-change-interventionism