Facebook's News Slop Economy: Inside a foreign-run AI content-farm network monetizing fake news across Canada, the US, the UK, and Europe

<jats:p>A coordinated network of 340 Facebook pages, primarily operated from Vietnam, distributes AI-fabricated news stories targeting users in Canada, the US, the UK, and Europe. The network generates engagement through false narratives about politics, celebrities, and sports, driving traffic to fabricated-news websites monetized via advertising. Canadian public and private organizations inadvertently fund this operation through legitimate ad campaigns.</jats:p>