American social media users happily pushing Russian/Iranian propaganda re Iran War. [View all]

[WarGamer]

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/04/russian-state-tv-slams-us-israeli-war-crimes-in-iran-a92114

“Not since Pearl Harbor has the U.S. experienced such powerful and painful attacks on its military infrastructure,” Popov wrote in a Telegram post following reported Iranian counterattacks.

She claimed that U.S.-made ATACMS missiles were being used for “chaotic strikes on civilians,” pointing to an American strike that reportedly hit a school in Tehran and killed up to 168 people.

“International agencies confirmed the footage but otherwise the civilized world did not notice the mass murder of children,” she said.

https://www.wunc.org/2026-03-26/irans-propaganda-machine-trolls-trump

Emerson Brooking of the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab says war itself is increasingly being absorbed into the attention economy. "It's like this commodification of war — becoming part of the attention economy — which is a very strange and discomfiting experience so many of us are going through right now."

Brooking says Iranian propaganda is not new, but its focus on trolling Trump is allowing it to reach American audiences in ways it hasn't before. "Americans are not used to seeing messages from a country the U.S. is bombing that are directed at them. This is quite new," he said.

Iran has long been a pioneer in global propaganda, with early adoption of social media dating back decades. But its recent AI-generated output appears to prioritize volume over precision, with waves of content that feel rapidly produced and designed for maximum spread — like its latest Lego video set to AI-generated rap music. The video ends on a stark black screen with white text: "Your grave mistake of attacking us will be judged by history — and it won't be in your favor."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/business/iran-propaganda-war-ai.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/business/media/iran-state-tv-social-media-war-ai.html

Sad and pathetic when domestic politics makes people switch to Team Russia and Iran.

I don't recall during Shrub's War in Iraq, so many people openly showing support for Iraq because they hated Bush. Support for the civilian losses, yes... but no one was posting puff pieces about the vaunted Iraqi military and how it's tear the hell out of the USA...