YouTube bans viral pro-Iran AI-generated LEGO videos trolling Trump
Source: FRANCE 24
YouTube bans viral pro-Iran AI-generated LEGO videos trolling Trump
From the show Truth or Fake
Issued on: 14/04/2026 - 22:01
Modified: 14/04/2026 - 22:06
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As the ‘meme war’ between the US and Iran continues via AI ‘slopaganda,’ an Iran-linked group named Explosive Media has been pumping out viral LEGO-style videos ridiculing the US war effort in Iran, and trolling President Donald Trump. Many of these videos depict Trump as childish and fickle, accuse him of having started the war to distract from his ties to Jeff Epstein, and have gained an audience of hundreds of millions online.
Recently, after a LEGO-style video claimed “Iran won” last week, YouTube banned Explosive Media’s channel, suspending it for violent content and “violating its Spam, deceptive practices and scams policies.”
It prompted a reaction from Tehran’s Foreign Ministry, which accused YouTube for “suppressing the truth” and “shielding the US administration’s false narrative from any competing voice.” The rest of Explosive Media’s other accounts on Meta platforms, X and Tiktok appear unaffected for the moment.
Since the Middle East war, Iran has really leaned into using artificial intelligence to push its side of this war to a non-Iranian audience, often using American references and satire to flood the internet.
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