"Generative AI and English nationalists are teaming up to make the internet a worse place by swamping it with unhinged 'patriotic' slop featuring French knights, dinosaurs, and far too many Winston Churchills. Thanks to a combination of rising far-right rhetoric in the UK and what appears to be Meta's increased tolerance for AI-generated content on its platforms, accounts dedicated to the St George's Cross-wearing, bangers and mash-loving nationalist collective in England are churning out AI slop, which often contains islamophobic or anti-immigrant messaging."
"Things reached their horrifying peak in late August after St George's and Union Jack flags began appearing in cities around the UK, hoisted by right-wing nationalist groups calling themselves "proud English men." It was followed weeks later by a so-called ' United the Kingdom ' rally held in London by far-right activist, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, on Saturday (13 September). At least 25 people were arrested, and 26 police officers were injured, four of whom were seriously hurt."
"AI slop accounts jumping on the bigoted bandwagon include profiles professing to capture the "elegance, charm, and timeless beauty of the United Kingdom", which apparently includes six-pawed AI lions, crowds of football hooligans who don't exist, and unfettered racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric. One account, which features over 14,000 followers, went from spamming pictures of the Queen to posting AI-generated 'patriotic' propaganda, which predominantly calls for the full deportation of every immigrant from the UK, in August, posting nearly every single hour."
Generative AI tools and English nationalist accounts are producing large volumes of AI-generated patriotic content that often contains islamophobic and anti-immigrant messaging. Anonymous, flag-heavy profiles are proliferating on Facebook and other platforms, spreading fabricated imagery such as six-pawed lions, nonexistent football hooligan crowds, and historical mashups like bloodied knights with foreign flags. The surge of content coincided with visible nationalist flag displays in UK cities and a "United the Kingdom" rally in London that led to arrests and injuries. Some high-following accounts shifted from benign posts to near-constant AI propaganda calling for mass deportation.
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