Foreign Facebook pages have been promoting One Nation. It wants them to stop

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation uncovers a raft of foreign Facebook accounts targeting Australian users. And they're just the tip of the iceberg.

@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

Automated Social Media Accounts Deployed to Amplify Political Messaging During the Brexit Referendum | DISA

Unmasking the Brexit Bots: How Automated Accounts Manipulated Public Opinion During the 2016 Referendum

DISA
@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.”