So tired of this hyper-fake-news era that will only become hyper-hyper as AI slop engines become even more powerful and accessible.
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But it begs the question, who is publishing this "news" and why.
There is a segment of very enthusiastic multipolarity supporters who are not concerned with factual accuracy.
Same with the Traore posting that’s been going on recently
Yeah, pretty sure I called out an AI generated one the other day. The delivery was very jarring.
was it the weirdly translated interview where they lip-synced him to (close to) his own voice speaking in perfect english with an inexplicable american accent?
It was an interview, but it was his voice. He was talking about French colonialism and imperialism in general. Nothing that was said I would disagree with, but it sounded like it was an AI dub of his own voice. I'll find the thread and link it
Here we go https://hexbear.net/post/4898859
Your comment made me think of this.
2025 hasn't ended yet we can still hope!
Considering how badly the US airdrops went because, you know, its not a great idea to airdrop shit into one of the most densely populated areas in the world, I would hope they would think this "propaganda" through.
In these cases, my senses tell me "Russian psyop", but who knows?
inb4 "u russiagate liberal"
u russiagate liberal
How dare u
Tbf when was the last time any western media cared about factual accuracy. The only reason we should care about this is because if it comes out it's fake, every asshole in the west will point to it as "evidence" each time they want to claim something China says is fake. But they'll probably do that regardless.
In terms of factual accuracy, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. I'll start caring about the factual accuracy of aid drops when the west starts caring about the factual accuracy of Israel bombing hospitals and killing children.
There’s no need to lie to support our viewpoint 
Like someone else in this thread said, this content could very possibly be intended to paint anti-Israel, pro-China westerners as liars.
Saw these on TikTok too. So fucked
Let me put the tinfoil hat on for a second and say, I have noticed this as well and I'm 99% sure its Black Propaganda (if im using that phrase correctly).
Someone else in the thread correctly points out that there are lots of uncritical "multipolarity enthusiasts" all over the internet, but personally I think that can only explain who is liking and sharing the videos. The real question at hand: who is making these posts in the first place?
The only satisfying answer ive come to is that its something resembling black propaganda. Although, instead of the idea being that the propaganda is abhorrent and turns the viewer away from being pro-China or pro-Traore with its ugly content, I think the idea is instead for the aforementioned enthusiastic multipolarity enjoyers to love the video, share it, and then get smacked down by an enlightened lib going "umm, thats actually fake". We all understand that ideology is a bit like dominos; confidently sharing something that subsequently gets disproven doesnt just make you question that specific fact, it makes you question the ENTIRE ideological framework that led you to believe in that thing in the first place. The goal is to make these people go "Huh maybe the libs are right and everything good about china is a lie and they are an authoritarian hellhole". That fake China airdrop video was literally everywhere, even Gustavo Petro (the fucking president of columbia) was reposting it uncritically on his twitter. His post is a good example of the phenomenon im talking about. He attached a commentary to it that said something like (some countries help (China) other countries create misery (US/Israel)). This is a powerful message, one that should be a thorn in the side for libs and zionists, and yet the entire thing is disarmed because the comments can just go "Umm, actually, that videos fake" and ignore the message entirely. Its not like we need to invent examples of China being more helpful to Gaza than the fucking USA, who are the perpetrators of the genocide in the first place. Any actual comrade would never dream of mislabeling a video of previous US aid, because the Chinese DO give aid (on the ground), so you could just find an article talking about that and use it as your evidence. The only person who has a vested interest in lying about this is someone who wants to HARM the reputation of the Chinese with respect to Gaza, not help it. Thats my two cents.
We all understand that ideology is a bit like dominos; confidently sharing something that subsequently gets disproven doesnt just make you question that specific fact, it makes you question the ENTIRE ideological framework that led you to believe in that thing in the first place.
I think there's another effect on how other people perceive that ideology too. Getting caught in a lie (or as you said, confidently sharing something false) is embarassing. It can be humiliating. If someone wanted to embarass, humiliate, or discredit a pro-China movement in the West, what better way is there than to catch them spreading lies that you can point and laugh at?
In a world that pretends to be rational, grounded, and truthful, if you can make someone look gullible, susceptible to manipulation, or (the wrong kind of) idealistic, you can push them to the margins.
I'm picking up what you're putting down. Let me carry it a little further. The first time I saw the video, I didn't think too much of it. The second time I saw it, I wondered, what were the comments saying? And in the comments, they were overwhelmingly positive. There was a sentiment of "at least somebody's doing something" or 'China leading the way" or "China standing on its principles." That sort of thing. It wasn't until the third one that I saw someone pointing out that the video that was being shown was from an earlier time. But again, the comments were overwhelmingly positive in regards to China, and there was a shared sentiment of, like, "thank goodness."
Once I did some digging and I found that these videos were obviously fake or misrepresenting past events. The first conclusion my brain drew was maybe these videos and their intention are to pacify people. The thinking being that if enough people see this message, accept it uncritically, and share it far and wide, then it may have a kind of cooling effect on the population's thinking towards the current situation in Gaza. They might think, "oh, thank goodness, something is happening, that means I don't need to do something now, because China is."
I don't know. It's very cynical, but it seems like everything is on the table.
Wish casting