Overview

• Protests against recent ICE raids in Los Angeles have persisted with reports of vandalism, property damage and dozens of arrests under a citywide curfew
• President Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops on June 7 and the Pentagon dispatched 700 Marines on June 9 to reinforce local law enforcement
• Social media platforms are flooded with AI-generated videos, recycled footage from past demonstrations and doctored images misrepresenting violence and troop activities
• Influential figures including Senator Ted Cruz and pundit Alex Jones have shared debunked clips, stoking conspiracy theories about deep-state backing and orchestrated unrest
• AI chatbots such as X’s Grok and OpenAI’s ChatGPT have issued conflicting fact checks on authentic photos of deployed troops, sometimes misattributing them to prior conflicts