AI-generated Lego videos and Trump’s poo-bombing: welcome to the Iran-US slopaganda wars | Mark Alfano and Michał Klincewicz for the Conversation - TrendCloud
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AI-generated Lego videos and Trump’s poo-bombing: welcome to the Iran-US slopaganda wars | Mark Alfano and Michał Klincewicz for the Conversation
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In early March, a week after the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the White House posted a video of real American attacks mixed with clips from popular movies, television series, video games and anime.
Iran and its sympathisers responded to the strikes by flooding social media with outdated war footage allegedly from the current conflict alongside AI-generated content depicting attacks on Tel Aviv and US bases in the Persian Gulf.
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Iran’s internet formally remained part of global routing, but user activity fell almost to zero. That points to a managed restriction on citizens’ access to the external network. Source: IODA. But in that digital darkness, one vital financial service continued to operate without interruption: Nobitex, a cryptocurrency exchange linked to Iran’s ruling elite. We compiled the available information about the platform and tried to understand how Iranian authorities use it, what investigations by analytics firms have revealed, and why, despite all these findings, the exchange is still not on OFAC’s SDN List. The scale and scope of Iran’s crypto giant Nobitex is far from a niche platform. While estimates vary, analysts agree that the asset flows moving through the exchange are measured in the billions of dollars. For instance, TRM Labs recorded an observed volume
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## Market Snapshot Trump’s Visit to China market is priced at 0.1% YES for a May 9 visit, unchanged from 24 hours ago. The Trump Visit to China by May 31 market is currently priced at 95% YES, up from 94% a day earlier. ## Key Takeaways – White House announcement suggests increased certainty of Trump visiting China by May 31. – Market for a May 9 visit remains unaffected, consistent with a NO outcome. – Confirmation of Trump’s arrival aligns with expectations of heightened diplomatic discussions. ## Article Body The White House spokeswoman announced that President Donald Trump is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday evening to engage in a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This marks Trump’s first visit to China in eight years and comes amid ongoing geopolitical tensions, including the unresolved Iran conflict and strained US-China relations ove