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According to France24, the war against Iran is not only being fought on the battlefield, but also online.
Iranian state media recently tapped into the White House’s own social media strategy, mocking U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with AI-generated propaganda videos styled like Lego animations.
The footage suggests President Trump started the dispute to distract from scrutiny over his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The video quickly went viral online, highlighting how artificial intelligence is being used as a tool for political messaging and satire in modern conflicts.
The Tehran video appears to be a direct response to the White House’s own aggressive digital strategy of using AI and memes to attack its enemies.
In recent weeks, official Washington accounts have been churning out viral content about American military operations in Iran, splicing together footage of actual missile strikes, memes, pop culture references, and video game images to win online narrative battles and flexibly leverage technological and military power.
As governments increasingly focus on shareable content to influence public opinion, it becomes more difficult to separate fact from manipulation.
At this France 24 truth or fakeVedika Bahl analyzes how information warfare plays out across social platforms and examines the boundaries between messaging, misinformation, and digital propaganda in Middle East wars.
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YouTube bans Iran-linked Lego ‘Slopaganda’ group Video: France24
YouTube bans LEGO satirical group
As the “meme war” between the United States and Iran continues through AI “slopaganda,” YouTube has now banned the account of the Iran-linked group Explosive Media, which was pumping out viral Lego-style AI videos mocking the U.S. war effort against Iran.
Some videos trolled President Trump.
The Iranian government has denounced the ban as a “cover-up of the truth,” but the viral video can still be seen on Instagram and other social media.
At France24 truth or fakeVedika Bahl analyzes this latest online crackdown and what is known about the groups behind these viral AI propaganda clips.
Iran has criticized the ban imposed by YouTube on a pro-Iranian group that published a Lego-like video after it posted a video last week mocking US President Donald Trump and declaring that “Iran has won,” Al Jazeera reported.
Explosive Media reported on X last week that YouTube had suspended the account for “violent content,” but that the group’s other online accounts did not appear to be affected.
“Seriously! Is our Lego-style animation actually violent?” Explosive Media asked.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghai said the ban was an effort to cover up the “truth” about the US and Israel’s war against Iran.
He added: “Simply to hide the truth of the ‘illegal war’ against Iran and protect the US government’s false narrative from competing voices.”
Article written by: AsiaPacificReport.nz
