Episode

ONLY FRAN: The online bots backing One Nation

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We Used to be Journos
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Jul 3, 2026
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983
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Summary

If you think Pauline Hanson is popular in real life you should see how popular she is online. Pages have sprung up all over Facebook this year in support of One Nation. One small problem - they’re run out of Indonesia and half the stuff they post isn’t real! It’s AI slop yet one post by one page can rack up thousands of reactions from genuine Australian accounts.  Jan Fran asks whether Pauline’s Hanson is really as popular online as she seems to be or if there are other factors at play and what this means for her popularity IRL.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.