Illustration: HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images The circulation of these racist AI videos is not neutral and could not only stigmatize SNAP recipients, it could also inform public policies. In 2020 data, white people accounted for 44.6% of adult SNAP recipients and 31.5% of child recipients in 2020. A recent Fox News article headline on these AI videos about SNAP initially read “SNAP Beneficiaries Threaten to Ransack Stores Over Government Shutdown,” according to the Internet Wayback Machine. The headline later became “AI Videos of SNAP Beneficiaries Complaining About Cuts Go Viral,” and a correction was added noting that some of the videos were AI. Engaging with this content helps it spread the real stigma that some SNAP recipients feel, Mould said.

Source: Huffington Post November 16, 2025 18:33 UTC