When Virality Is The Message: The New Age of AI Propaganda


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Welcome to the world of AI-driven propaganda. In March 2026, AI-generated videos depicting American President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as LEGO minifigures began flooding social media. Some were set to original rap tracks with surprisingly catchy hooks, likely also AI-generated. They told stories of the horrors of war: little shoes and a plastic backpack near rubble evoked the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, Iran. Some connected the war to Trump’s ties to the convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. They mockingly evoked the brutal defeat of American forces, with LEGO toy soldiers walking…

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