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AI Rapper Danny Bones Fuels Profitable Far-Right Meta Videos

5/31/2026

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AI-generated “patriotic” videos starring virtual rapper Danny Bones are mass-produced to profit from Meta and push far-right messages.
Tommy Robinson held a Unite the Kingdom rally where Danny Bones performed, linking Node Project videos to Advance UK.
The sepia clips, which Meta paid creators nearly $3 billion for year with 65 percent from reels run from Italy and Sri Lanka, use nostalgic voice-overs that idealise life while ignoring a ten-year rise in life expectancy.

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AI-generated “patriotic” videos starring virtual rapper Danny Bones are mass-produced to profit from Meta and push far-right messages.
Tommy Robinson held a Unite the Kingdom rally where Danny Bones performed, linking Node Project videos to Advance UK.
The sepia clips, which Meta paid creators nearly $3 billion for year with 65 percent from reels run from Italy and Sri Lanka, use nostalgic voice-overs that idealise life while ignoring a ten-year rise in life expectancy.