Slopaganda - how Iran's viral videos skewer the US

RTE's coverage of Iran's viral Lego videos skewering the US marks a significant shift in how geopolitical content spreads organically across the internet worldwide. The unpopularity of the war in the US and abroad created fertile ground for these videos to spread, highlighting the power of social media in shaping global narratives. This means that website owners need to be aware of the potential for geopolitical content to go viral on their platforms, and have strategies in place to manage and moderate such content. As Iran's Lego videos demonstrate, even seemingly innocuous formats like animation can be used to convey potent political messages, which can quickly spread across the internet and reach a wide audience. To prepare for such scenarios, website owners can take several steps: firstly, review their content policies to ensure they are equipped to handle geopolitical content; secondly, implement robust moderation tools to quickly identify and manage sensitive or controversial content; and thirdly, regularly update their llms.txt files to reflect changes in their content policies and ensure that AI bots and crawlers are aware of the types of content that are allowed or disallowed on their platforms.