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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T07:43:16.000Z",
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    "Sadiq Khan takes major swipe at Rachel Reeves over 'two years of doom and gloom speeches'",
    "Sadiq Khan warns Keir Starmer '10 years in power is not realistic' in damning blow to PM",
    "'I'm living rent-free in his head!' Sadiq Khan claims Donald Trump is OBSESSED with him",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nSir Sadiq Khan has blamed Russia, China and the US for generating AI content claiming London is in decline.\n\nThe Mayor of London took to social media to criticise the online content and linked to research commissioned by City Hall that found a surge in such posts over the past two years.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSir Sadiq said: \"You've got state actors, claiming that evidence had emerged of Russian and Chinese involvement alongside backers of the Make America Great Again movement in the United States.\"\n\nHe added: \"Secondly, we've seen individuals and companies trying to monetise and make profit from division.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"My anxiety is, decent people start believing these lies, this dystopian image of London being in decline, that we're a dangerous city, that there is no law and order.\"\n\nThe Mayor doubled down on these claims, releasing a statement on his X account.\n\nHe wrote: \"Outrage generates clicks, which is why you'll have noticed a surge in online content talking London down.\n\n\"Be vigilant: so much of what we see online is far from real.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSir Sadiq linked to a BBC article titled \"Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers.\"\n\nIt comes after a surge in Facebook and Instagram accounts producing anti-immigration material using artificial intelligence.\n\nDespite presenting themselves as pro-British voices, many of these pages are operated by people based thousands of miles from the UK, the publication claims.\n\nOne page, named \"Great British People\", which claims to originate from Yorkshire and has attracted 1.3 million views for its most recent video, is thought to be controlled by someone in Sri Lanka.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Sadiq Khan takes major swipe at Rachel Reeves over 'two years of doom and gloom speeches'\n  * Sadiq Khan warns Keir Starmer '10 years in power is not realistic' in damning blow to PM\n  * 'I'm living rent-free in his head!' Sadiq Khan claims Donald Trump is OBSESSED with him\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOther account operators have been traced to Vietnam, the Maldives, the United States and various European nations, with some linked to Iran and the UAE.\n\nGB News presenter Matt Goodwin described the capital as a \"jewel in Britain's crown\", but claims London is now in decline.\n\nHe said: \"It no longer feels like the same city. Millions of Londoners agree with me.\"\n\nMr Goodwin added: \"There is one factor above all that is changing London in their eyes for the worse, and that is mass uncontrolled immigration.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThese accounts have accumulated hundreds of thousands of views with fabricated footage depicting scenes such as the House of Commons filled with men in traditional Arab dress implementing Sharia law.\n\nOne account boasting more than 20 million views presents AI-generated walking tours through British cities in 2050, showing Liverpool, London and Birmingham as rubbish-strewn and chaotic, with streets lined by people in Islamic clothing and stalls marked \"Halal\".\n\nSir Sadiq expressed concern to the BBC that \"decent people start believing these lies, this dystopian image of London being in decline, that we're a dangerous city, that there is no law and order.\"\n\nHe called on social media platforms to amend their algorithms to stop \"rewarding poison and division\" and to clearly label AI-generated material.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Sadiq Khan blames Maga, Russia and China for 'lie' that London is in decline"
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