Generative AI and the German Far Right: Narratives, Tactics and Digital Strategies

ISD Germany investigated how German far-right actors have adopted generative AI tools to produce and disseminate propaganda across Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok, analyzing content from party accounts, politicians, far-right music channels, community groups, and individual resharers.

The research found that AI-generated content frequently centered on attacks against refugees and immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, climate activists, and opposition parties, with recurring engagement around "remigration" messaging. Far-right actors used generative AI to produce illustrations, synthetic video sequences, and images depicting scenarios with no real-world footage, as well as AI-generated memes and songs intended to reinforce group identity; the study also identified three AI-generated "influencer" personas used to spread far-right narratives while posing as real individuals. Only about 4% of the AI-generated posts examined were labeled as such, and none of the flagged posts were removed or labeled within a month of publication.

The report concludes that these dynamics expose enforcement gaps in the EU's Digital Services Act and limitations in the AI Act, allowing far-right generative AI content to circulate on major platforms largely unchecked.