Overview
- YouTube, which confirmed Wednesday it had terminated Explosive Media’s channel suspended on March 27, cited violations of its spam, deceptive practices and scams policies.
- Explosive Media’s reach has endured because the group keeps posting on X and Telegram and other creators continue to reupload its clips on YouTube.
- Instagram enforcement has been uneven, with US reports of a takedown and The National reporting the account was blocked for hours last week before returning, and Meta has not commented.
- The videos use Lego-style, AI animation in English to mock President Donald Trump, a tactic analysts call the “Legofication” of propaganda that pro‑Tehran accounts and Iranian diplomatic channels help amplify.
- Suspected links to the Iranian state remain unproven as the group denies them, NetBlocks reports a sweeping internet blackout inside Iran, and Explosive Media is now soliciting crypto donations to fund more content.