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The Iran war is not just on the battlefield, but also online, as Tehran responds to Washington’s AI and meme digital playbook. Iran state media trolled Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu with an AI-generated LEGO-style video implying Trump began the war to distract from his Epstein woes. It’s a reply to the White House’s aggressive social media push that uses memes, film clips and video game footage to fight a propaganda war. Vedika Bahl analyses the information warfare in Truth or Fake.
