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EPISODE · Feb 7, 2026 · 35 MIN

Inauthentic 'Fan Pages' with Shawn Eib and Eric Nelson

from The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast · host The Pell Center at Salve Regina University

Somebody is growing a network of pages across social media targeting professional sports franchises in the United States and the star athletes they employ with rage bait, spam, and AI slop that undermines the multi-billion dollar sports industry. This week, hosts Jim Ludes and Mark Jacobson discuss the operation of these networks with Shawn Eib and Eric Nelson of Alethea, the private firm whose research identified their presence. Also on the docket: informal information networks in Venezuela and one Russia-linked network’s exploitation of the content of the Epstein files.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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