Deepfake case study · Video
U.S. Manufacturing / Donald Trump deepfake (Apr 2025)
AI-generated parody videos depicting Americans working in sweatshop-like textile factories and iPhone assembly lines were created and spread on Chinese social media platforms to mock U.S. manufacturing and Donald…
- Incident date
- Apr 2025
- Target
- U.S. Manufacturing / Donald Trump
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
AI-generated parody videos depicting Americans working in sweatshop-like textile factories and iPhone assembly lines were created and spread on Chinese social media platforms to mock U.S. manufacturing and Donald Trump's trade war policies. The videos portrayed overweight American workers struggling with factory jobs, reinforcing stereotypes about global labor dynamics.