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What appears to be an artificially generated video of SNAP beneficiaries expressing outrage on social media over the government shutdown have gone viral in recent days.
“It is the taxpayer’s responsibility to take care of my kids,” one emotional mother said in a video posted online, which appears to be generated by AI. “It is the taxpayer’s job to pay for my kids to eat and for my kids to be taken care of.”
The same woman also complained about how none of her TikTok followers had sent her money, warning she would block anyone who viewed her videos without sending cash.
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SNAP beneficiaries have been outraged on social media by the government shutdown affecting their grocery perks starting next month, (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“Because of the government shutdown, now I can’t get my SNAPs for next month,” another user shared on social media.
The user went on to ask how she was supposed to feed her seven children.
“I have seven different baby daddies and none of ‘em no good for me,” she said.
Other similar videos of women also claiming to have seven children and seven different fathers for them, saying it’s the responsibility of the taxpayers to take care of their children, or complaining about not being able to use food stamps, also went viral in what appeared to be AI-generated content.
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Realistic-looking videos of situations such as a woman saying she was going to “walk out” of the grocery store without paying for her groceries also went viral in the past week.
The exterior of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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The policy update under the “big, beautiful bill” creates work requirements for able-bodied individuals benefiting from the program and “prohibits inclusion of internet costs in a household’s allowable shelter cost.”
Editor’s note: This article previously reported on some videos that appear to have been generated by AI without noting that. This has been corrected.
Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi is a freelance production assistant at Fox News Digital.
