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Disrupting a New Covert Influence Campaign From Russia
OpenAI banned Russian-origin accounts promoting the International Burke Institute, a fake Israel-based think tank. Operators used VPNs and Russian prompts to create posts for X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Substack, and Telegram. IBI republished academic work under false names and published a “sovereignty” index praising Russia, and its Telegram channels drew 10,000–20,000 followers.
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