Maude Nificenta great article, tyfs
also contained a link to something interesting…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-11/foreign-fake-news-pauline-hanson-one-nation/106436702
Su_G@maudenificent
Fascinating read. Great piece of work by ABC journos. Neat analysis, good follow up, disappointing responses from Meta & the relevant offices of those in power (PM, Comms). Was thinking as I read, that it’s all to do with speed… maybe this stuff has to be slowed down & checked first before being posted:
“Senator Payman said Meta should do more.
“If platforms like Meta can detect copyrighted music in seconds, they can certainly detect coordinated AI-generated smear pages. The question is whether they want to when there is no imperative to?”
#SocialMedia #Meta #ABC #coordinatedAIGeneratedSmearPages #genAI #fakes
perhaps also related:
@maudenificent
Interesting read - thanks! The scale is a bit mind boggling: >13k bot accts!
“Dr. Bastos’s research, the first of its kind, uncovered a sophisticated network of 13,493 bot accounts that flooded Twitter with pro-Brexit messages in the crucial weeks leading up to and immediately following the referendum. These accounts, exhibiting suspicious activity patterns and coordinated posting behavior, vanished almost immediately after the polling stations closed, suggesting a deliberate and orchestrated campaign. The bots were programmed to mimic human users, retweeting and amplifying pro-Brexit content, creating an illusion of grassroots support and manipulating the online conversation.”
Interesting read - thanks! The scale is a bit mind boggling: >13k bot accts!
“Dr. Bastos’s research, the first of its kind, uncovered a sophisticated network of 13,493 bot accounts that flooded Twitter with pro-Brexit messages in the crucial weeks leading up to and immediately following the referendum. These accounts, exhibiting suspicious activity patterns and coordinated posting behavior, vanished almost immediately after the polling stations closed, suggesting a deliberate and orchestrated campaign. The bots were programmed to mimic human users, retweeting and amplifying pro-Brexit content, creating an illusion of grassroots support and manipulating the online conversation.”