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Sri Lanka-linked Facebook AI-fakes network

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A Reset.Tech investigation found a Sri Lanka-linked network of more than 200 Facebook pages making AI deepfakes of Australian politicians, within a broader 1,800-page operation reaching nearly six million users. Facebook creator payments monetized about one in ten pages; Meta said it was reviewing them but had not confirmed removals.

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  1. Update 1Facebook's Own Payouts Are Fueling AI Fakes of Australia's Leaders

The story so far

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    Facebook's Own Payouts Are Fueling AI Fakes of Australia's Leaders

    Reset.Tech traced 200+ Australia-focused pages making fake Reels of Albanese, Taylor, Hanson and others — part of an 1,864-page network reaching 5.9 million users — and says Facebook creator payouts, not ideology, kept it running.

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    • No public confirmation of Meta removals, and no announced inquiry by eSafety, the Australian Electoral Commission or Home Affairs.
    • The name of the Sri Lankan company behind the accounts and what it earned from the scheme.

History

  1. Opened1 report

Who's involved

People

  • Allegra SpenderAustralian businessperson1 report
  • Angus TaylorAustralian politician1 report
  • Anthony Albanese31st prime minister of Australia1 report
  • David PocockAustralian rugby union player and politician1 report
  • Fatima PaymanAustralian politician (born 1995)1 report
  • Pauline HansonAustralian politician (born 1954)1 report
  • Tony BurkeAustralian politician (born 1969)1 report

Places

  • AustraliaAustralia1 report
  • Sri LankaSri Lanka1 report

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