ABC News (Australia) – Business

Foreign Facebook Pages Have Been Promoting One Nation. It Wants Them to Stop

ABC News Verify identified a network of at least 20 overseas Facebook pages, largely run from Vietnam, that publish AI‑generated, fabricated stories about Australian politics. The posts combine real and synthetic images, targeting figures such as Pauline Hanson and Senator Payman, and have amassed hundreds of thousands of likes, comments and shares from genuine Australian users. These pages monetize engagement through ad‑driven links and potentially Meta’s creator‑payment program. While Meta has removed many of the accounts, researchers warn the operation is likely the tip of a larger, coordinated disinformation ecosystem.