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From Iranian AI Lego animation videos to the official White House account uploading this clip of, quote, operation epic fury, The US's name for its war on Iran. Since the joint US Israel war on Iran began in February, hundreds have been killed. Another front is happening, the battle online. Iran's LEGO diss tracks are targeting the American public with mentions of Epstein, the Me Too movement and Pointless Wars. And official Iranian embassy X accounts are sharing commentary and memes while the White House uploaded this, quote, justice the American way clip. You can't conceive of what I'm capable of. Finishing this fight. Yeah. I'm thinking thinking I'm on back. I'm here to fight for truth and justice in the American way. Ben Stiller, who co wrote at one of the clips used by the White House tweeted, quote, hey, White House. Please remove the Tropic Thunder While Ceylon Dorr, the White House deputy communication director, retweeted this clip with the caption. Wake up, daddy son. Both sides are using memes to score political points, filtering serious policy through Internet culture. But propaganda isn't new in war. We've seen it in Russia, Ukraine, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. And we've seen it in this war. Fake AI generated clips widely shared online. The Pentagon, which is the headquarters of the US Department of Defense, for example has been working with Hollywood since the 1940s and some movies like Ironman one and two were a collab with the Defense Department or music videos like Katy Perry's twenty twelve quote clip on how she found herself when she joined the army was also kebab created to normalize, shape public opinion and glorify war. Iran is also no stranger to propaganda. During the Iran Iraq war, state media glorified the military cause so effectively that hundreds of thousands of children volunteered and were put on the frontlines. States have long tried to make sacrifice appealing and today messages appear as memes online. This time however they're not asking you to join, they're asking you to laugh and pick a side. Every victim screaming in the dark. Iran got you on the play. Which raises the question, is the meme driven version being used to distract from critical reporting, undermine opponents messaging, and reinforce government policy.