Shea, Matt. “Iran War: We Spoke to the Man Making Lego-Style AI Videos That Experts Say Are Powerful Propaganda.” BBC, 11 Apr. 2026, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd8jrd1vnyo. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
Shea’s article from the BBC takes a look at recent propaganda videos made by a creator referred to as “Mr. Explosive”. Mr. Explosive shares his thoughts about the topics and references featured in his videos.
The article also brings up the emerging term, “slopaganda”
“‘Slopaganda’ – coined in an academic paper last year as a play on ‘AI slop’ – is too weak a term to capture how powerful this “highly sophisticated” content is, says leading propaganda expert Dr Emma Briant.
AI-generated propaganda clips are estimated to have been viewed hundreds of millions of times over the course of the war.”
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