Explosive Media is the group that produces most of the pro-Iranian AI videos, including: lego movie, Now he’s introducing himself again, this time to Iranians who haven’t had internet access for months.
As US and Israeli airstrikes began on February 28, Iranian authorities imposed an internet blackout.
Online access began to be restored on Tuesday, shortly after President Masoud Pezeshkian approved a Cyberspace Task Force vote allowing Iranian citizens to return online.
“International internet access has been restored again in Iran… Hello, dear Iranian people,” Explosive Media posted on its Telegram channel, which has more than 17,000 subscribers.
“While you were defending our country in the streets, we were using Lego Video to wage a media war in favor of Iran.
These videos, created with the help of AI, have been viewed millions of times on social media and have become a powerful tool of influence during the Iran war.
However, Explosive Media’s prolific content is not without controversy. Alphabet-owned video platform YouTube suspended Explosive Media’s account several months ago.
A YouTube representative said: The National It claimed the group violated the platform’s policies against spam, deception, and fraud.
One of Explosive Media’s recent videos depicting the assassination of Sweden’s prime minister sparked concern after a terrorism expert said it contained a “veiled threat” against the country’s most powerful politicians.
The video uses Lego characters to depict the murder of Olof Palme, who was assassinated in Stockholm 40 years ago.
Concerns have also been raised that Explosive Media is using Denmark-based Lego Group’s intellectual property for propaganda purposes without permission, potentially damaging the toy brand.
The LEGO Group has not commented on this matter.
Meanwhile, Explosive Media recently posted a video titled “Trump’s Victory Delusion” that depicts US President Donald Trump as a sleeping toddler clutching a bottle of oil. The video also contrasts Trump’s claims of victory with the reality of the conflict as claimed by Iran.
The video was captioned: “Reality is against you, Mr. President.” “You can’t change things with sloppy tweets.”
In a follow-up message, Explosive Media directed fans of the group’s content to donate funds.
“Many of our friends send us messages saying they want to donate to us but don’t know how to open a cryptocurrency account,” the correspondence read in part, followed by instructions on how to transfer the funds.
Connectivity in Iran is still being restored and remains limited, according to global internet monitoring company NetBlocks.
NetBlocks said Wednesday that its “services continue to be heavily filtered, with new restrictions on messaging and app stores compared to before January.”
NetBlocks said Iran’s self-imposed internet blackout was the longest of its kind since the group began tracking such incidents.
Cloudflare Radar, which is also investigating the internet outage, said Iran’s recovery remains a work in progress.
“According to our traffic data, traffic increases are mainly concentrated in Tehran, with smaller spikes in other regions,” Cloudflare said.
