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Gen AI Tools Are Now Being Used to Push ‘Slop Jihad’
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In Short: A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2024 found that TikTok was among the top platforms used to spread terrorist and extremist content, according to WIRED.
A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2024 found that TikTok was among the top platforms used to spread terrorist and extremist content, according to WIRED. The platform saw a significant amount of 'Slop Jihad' videos, defined as fan edits, cartoons, and memes created using generative AI to radicalize a new generation of supporters.
These videos, which include fan edits and cartoons, have been found on TikTok, with a total of 150 Slop Jihad videos from 71 accounts garnering over 5.4 million views, according to a new report from the Institute of Strategic Dialogue.
The trend, which emerged in the early 2020s with the Alt Jihad movement, has seen some pushback from more traditional supporters who do not approve of the new aesthetic, as noted by Ayad, who observed, 'There seems to be some animosity towards it, because they don't believe the producers of Slop Jihad are true believers.
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- While Ayad did find a limited number of Slop Jihad videos on other platforms like Instagram and Facebook, the vast majority of the videos were found on TikTok.
- The video, shared on TikTok, is part of what a new report from the Institute of Strategic Dialogue (ISD) calls “Slop Jihad,” a trend where young supporters of Islamic terror groups like ISIS and al-Qaida appear to use generative AI tools to create fan edits, cartoons, and memes designed radicalize a new generation of online backing.
- “The principal concern is the growing volume and diversity of material,” says Adam Hadley, executive director of Tech Against Terrorism, a UN-backed counter terrorism organization that has also written a report about the Slop Jihad trend.
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- WIREDlink