Posted on 03/25/2026 5:29:56 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The Iranian regime has been running an online influence campaign using AI-generated photographs, videos and memes to sow confusion about the war in the Middle East. Experts say the main goal is to ramp up anti-war sentiment in the US and pressure President Trump to end the conflict.
“The propaganda includes memes and cartoons that aren't meant to be perceived as real but are very good at spreading political messaging,” said Darren Linvill, author of the study and co-director of Clemson’s Media Forensics Hub.
“The deepfakes portray a version of reality that [seems] genuine and often paint Iran as more successful in the conflict. Both are being shared widely among communities that are critical of the war and hungry for this messaging.”
As the conflict has spiralled over the past month, Iran has relied on both state media outlets and proxies to push its online message as a form of asymmetrical warfare with a view to targeting a US audience.
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lmao
I dont care one iota what some goat humper says online.
Is it working?
Because I’m having a hard time believing that the Iran propaganda machine is better than the United States/Israel propaganda machine.
Russia has been extraordinarily effective at this internet propaganda in America, I doubt that Iran will be very effective.
They don’t have to. They have Tucker Qatarlson.
What’s their FR handles?
How they going to compete against X?
Que the John Brennan interview.....
Lol - that was my first thought. At the very least it appears to have been effective on them.
You don't. I don't. But a surprising number of people believe that crap ... and some folks promote it on this forum.
Half the population is below average.
Same here.
The problem the Trump Admin has is the most effective anti-war propaganda is video clips of Trump’s old speeches against foreign wars.
Yeah... Iran is the problem when it comes to funding and feeding the Propaganda Media.
Proxies = ABC, CNN, NBC, CBS, PBS and MSNOW
Reddit is infested with pro-Mullah rodents. Bots as well.
>I dont care one iota what some goat humper says online.
They’re here, and they don’t have goathumper handles.
“What’s their FR handles?”
Good question. They’re probably US democrats.
Everyone knows the democrats want Iran to beat the crap out of Trump.
It’s working with the TDS freep brigade. They seem to post a lot here now. Certainly a different place.
Hitler and FDR both had pretty good propaganda.
Is that an issue?
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