slopaganda

It started with an image of Trump as a king mocked up on a fake Time magazine cover. Since then it’s developed into a full-blown phenomenon, one academics are calling “slopaganda” – an unholy alliance of easily available AI tools and political messaging.

2026 January 29, Steve Rose, “The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House – and what they teach us”, in The Guardian

Iran’s deft use of technology, experts say, has highlighted a new era of meme warfare that expands the information battlefield by using the algorithmic engines of social media to undermine an adversary’s political support. The new tactic has been called “slopaganda.”

2026 April 25, Steven Lee Myers, Stuart A. Thompson, “Iran’s Meme War Against Trump Ushers In a Future of ‘Slopaganda’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

In April, the Media Ecosystem Observatory released findings on massive amounts of “slopaganda” from a network of YouTube channels originating outside Canada, churning out fabricated polls and coordinated messages supporting Albertan secession.

2026 May 10, Robin Baranyai, “'Slopaganda' over Alberta referendum questions concerning”, in London Free Press, London, ON