Transparent Referendum Initiative (TRI)
Over the course of the campaign more than 500 volunteers from diverse backgrounds joined TRI to crowdsource a publicly available database of over 1,500 Facebook ads related to the 8th Amendment Referendum. Through organising hackathons, roundtables and expert briefings, TRI enabled journalists and others in Ireland and abroad to turn the data into meaningful stories for the wider public.
But longer term reform is going to require investment to develop creative solutions
Over the course of the campaign more than 500 volunteers from diverse backgrounds joined TRI to crowdsource a publicly available database of over 1,500 Facebook ads related to the 8th Amendment Referendum. Through organising hackathons, roundtables and expert briefings, TRI enabled journalists and others in Ireland and abroad to turn the data into meaningful stories for the wider public.
The Irish Government has added the issues of threats from social media
Over the course of the campaign more than 500 volunteers from diverse backgrounds joined TRI to crowdsource a publicly available database of over 1,500 Facebook ads related to the 8th Amendment Referendum. Through organising hackathons, roundtables and expert briefings, TRI enabled journalists and others in Ireland and abroad to turn the data into meaningful stories for the wider public.