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Now to the Latest on Those Fake Vietnamese Philadelphia Sports Accounts that Facebook Won’t Do Anything About
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Poor Jason Kelce is getting crushed by scammers this week. First they fabricated a Bad Bunny quote and sent it to all corners of the internet, which forced him to put out a statement. Then a fake Facebook account made up a fake ICE quote and circulated it to 33,000 followers, who circulated it further:
Same formula here. A bunch of Asian scammers use a fake Philadelphia sports page (or any sports page really), and they either dupe American boomers or use a legion of bots to artificially push the numbers up, job the algorithm, and cash in on the revenue share.
In this case, “Go Philadelphia Eagles” is a fake Jason Kelce fan page with a description reading, “If you LOVE Jason Kelce, then LIKE our page! This is an unofficial fan page &it is not affiliat (sic).” You scroll the feed and it’s nothing but fake Kelce quotes.
It used to be bad, now it’s really bad, to the point where you’re probably seeing these A.I.-driven accounts all over your feed. It’s one thing to just laugh, ignore, and move on, but obviously this illicit practice crowds out the pages run by actual humans and reduces visibility for honorable sites like Crossing Broad, which play by the rules and fight a fair fight.
In terms of recourse, all we can do is report to Meta, which is the biggest of big tech and is largely impenetrable on this front. Trying to get ahold of somebody there is like trying to get ahold of Comcast customer service between 2003 and 2015.
Which leaves us no choice. We may have to take matters into our own hands:
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com