Minutes after President Trump announced he would not wipe out an entire civilization, a team of young Iranian activists uploaded their latest creation. The video shows a Lego Trump mini-figure throwing a chair at US generals while Iranian officials press a button labeled "back to the stone age." It racked up 3 million views in 48 hours. The production cost: approximately $20 per month for an AI video generation tool.
This is Explosive Media, a self-described pro-Iran group that has released more than a dozen AI-generated Lego videos since February, when US and Israel began military operations against Iran. The videos parody current events with childlike animation: Lego jets explode into piles of $100 bills, US helicopters spiral into the sea, and military hardware transforms into golden coins. One video嘲弄了美国军方损失多架飞机和直升机只为救出被困飞行员的故事——并称这笔费用为"1亿美元救一个人"。这些内容在主流社交平台上已获得数千万次播放。
批评者已经指出该组织与伊朗政府可能存在关联。乐高内容以前主要由伊朗官方账号发布，但Explosive Media的制作更为精细，对美国文化和互联网运作方式的理解也更加深入。他们将此归功于"用心"，而非技术复杂性。
然而，潜在威胁不在于任何单一视频，而在于其底层模式。传播影响力从未如此廉价。传统的政治宣传需要专业工作室、动画师和数周制作时间。现在，只需对AI工具稍加了解，任何人都能在几小时内生成外观专业的地缘政治讽刺内容。乐高卡通风格发挥着关键作用：它消解了极端信息的锋芒，让关于美国军事失败的叙事以无害、娱乐化的形式呈现。
真正的危险在于规模。识别State Media账号相对容易。但当这些视频以误导性信息、幽默剪辑或表情包形式出现在用户的信息流中时，缺乏背景的观众难以辨别其真实来源。这不是科幻电影场景。这是2026年4月的现实，当时一个小型创意团队——无论是政府支持的还是独立运作——每月仅需投入一杯咖啡的费用，就能触达数百万受众。认知战的门槛，已经降到了最低点。