Propaganda

Vietnam's Communist Party targets social media influencers, AI for propaganda

Vietnam’s Communist Party plans to strengthen propaganda by recruiting 1,000 influencers and 5,000 AI experts by 2030. The strategy aims to control public narratives and fight misinformation.

A police officer stands in front of red flags used to decorate a street, in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 30, 2025.
A screenshot from an AI-generated Iranian video mocking US President Donald Trump, represented as a LEGO minifigure.

Forget ayatollahs, meet the AI propagandists of Tehran - opinion

President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026.

Trump fights with words, for better and worse - opinion

A banner in Tehran's Palestine Square calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a Nazi, pictured August 11, 2025; illustrative.

Iranian embassy posts AI-generated photo comparing Netanyahu with Hitler


Ex-hostages seen in Hamas propaganda video with 'gift bags,' thanking Hamas

The hostages were also given "gift bags," similar to those received by Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher during the first exchange.

 Karina Ariev, Naama Levy, Liri Albag, and Daneilla Gilboa seen in Hamas propaganda video holding Hamas "gift bags" and certificates of release while on their way to the Red Cross to be released back to Israel

UK-based Islamist refugee found guilty of possessing ISIS propaganda

The 20-year-old Chechnyan refugee who wanted to teach at an Islamic Sunday School in Windsor has been released on bail and is due to be sentenced on March 7.

 Dzhamilya Timaeva, pictured in November 2024

Exaggeration and embellishment: Study shows user language distorts ChatGPT information

The results show that ChatGPT provides higher casualty figures when asked in the language of the attacked group.

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Qatar’s AJ+ used bots to amplify anti-Israel discourse, new report finds

These fabricated accounts systematically distributed divisive messaging with a pronounced focus on anti-Israel propaganda.

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

Charges of terrorism: Trial of Ottawa man who made antisemitic, neo-Nazi propaganda online begins

Macdonald was the first person in Canada to be charged with both terrorism and hate propaganda offenses, CBC reported, citing the RCMP.

 Hacker hacking computer at night.

Human rights hypocrisy: 'Forced displacement' in, Hamas out - opinion

The combination of falsely accusing Israel of war crimes and ignoring the 1949 Geneva Convention’s prohibition on using civilians and civilian infrastructure for war highlights HRW’s hypocrisy.

 KENNETH ROTH, then-executive director of Human Rights Watch, speaks at the UN, in 2020. In the propaganda marketing strategy perfected by Roth, NGOs surround themselves with a halo effect based on false images of altruistic, benevolent, and apolitical neutral actors on the world stage.

Murder of six Israeli hostages was ordered directly by Iranian leadership - opinion

As tensions rise in Israel, the Iranian regime deploys a devious hybrid warfare strategy, using psychological tactics and proxies like Hamas to deepen divisions and weaken Israel from within.

 THE WRITER addresses an Israel Victory Caucus event in the Knesset.

Iranian activist sentenced to 12 years for tweeting a single dot

Iran's judiciary reported that a "fugitive Mossad agent" had been arrested in June, later identified to be Shanbehzadeh. He is now charged with pro-Israel propaganda, which he denies.

 Hossein Shanbehzadeh

Islamic State supporters turn to AI to bolster online support - analysis

Islamic State supporters are using AI to create propaganda and recruit online, raising concerns about the risks of AI in extremist activities.

A member of a militia kneels as he celebrates victory next to a wall painted with the black flag commonly used by ISIS terrorists.

Hamas sends threatening calls, messages to hostage relatives from loved ones phones - N12

Families of hostages received alarming messages demanding ransom payments and threatening that without action, they may never see their loved ones again.

 Yahya Sinwar