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OpenAI shuts down Russian and Iranian propaganda networks

Rank
Running
32h
Updated
18h ago
Momentum
-16%
Outlets
10
Regions
4
Countries
9
Languages
4

INTLAl-Monitor International · English 8 Oct, 23:30 UTC

The earliest of 7 English reports

Read it also in Français (1) · Lietuvių (1) · العربية (1) · +2 languages

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How it spread

Outlets covering the story by hours since its first article: one at the start, 10 after 33 hours.

5 10
0h 6h 12h 18h 24h 30h

Outlets, by hours since the first article

  1. First outlet: Le Figaro, 8 Oct, 20:06 UTC.
  2. Second region: International, with Al-Monitor.
  3. Second country: Malaysia, with Free Malaysia Today.
  4. Fastest hour: +4 outlets from 8 Oct, 23:30 UTC.
  5. Now: 10 outlets.

Where it travelled

33 of 33 hours

Earlier Later

The 9 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. One international outlet publishes from no single country and cannot be shown. Open the live map

The regions

30%30%20%

  • Americas 1 outlet · 1 country · 10%
  • Asia-Pacific 3 outlets · 3 countries · 30%
  • Europe 3 outlets · 2 countries · 30%
  • Middle East 2 outlets · 2 countries · 20%
  • International 1 outlet · 10%

First movers

  1. Le Figaro 8 Oct, 20:06 UTC
  2. INTLAl-Monitor +3h 24m
  3. France 24 +3h 36m
  4. Free Malaysia Today +3h 45m
  5. NPR +4h 19m

Latest arrivals

  1. Anadolu Agency 9 Oct, 09:53 UTC
  2. An-Nahar 9 Oct, 07:33 UTC
  3. CNA 9 Oct, 05:18 UTC
  4. LRT 9 Oct, 05:04 UTC
  5. NDTV 9 Oct, 01:19 UTC

The figures

Coverage
10 outlets in 9 countries, across 4 regions. The article links are kept for good for every story that reaches the map. Of the 10 outlets, 2 state-owned, 3 public-service, 5 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region
Americas 1: United States. Asia-Pacific 3: India, Malaysia, Singapore. Europe 2: France, Lithuania. Middle East 2: Lebanon, Turkey. International 1: the outlets that publish from no single country, counted as one. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages
Arabic, English, French, Lithuanian.
Timeline
Earliest article Le Figaro, 8 Oct 2026, 20:06 UTC. First seen 8 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC. Last seen 9 Oct 2026, 09:53 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification
Region International. Topic Technology. Hard news Judged hard news. On the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score
0.33, as of now. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Day by day

Outlets and countries are the story’s whole life as of that midnight; the 24-hour columns are that day’s own coverage; the last column is the methodology version the day was measured under, and a day that spans a change of version shows the first and last, linked to the changelog that lists every version between. A day marked partial is one Loudest read only in part: fewer than 130 of its 144 ten-minute runs, or more than 30 minutes missed at its start or end.

Day Rank Score Outlets Countries 24h outlets 24h countries Method
9 Oct 2026 140 5.07 10 9 6 6 4.6

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Started 8 Oct, 20:20 UTC · Updated 9 Oct, 09:53 UTC

Covered by 10 outlets

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  • Anadolu Agency Turkey 9 Oct, 09:53 UTC
    OpenAI says it banned accounts linked to Russian, Iranian influence operations
  • An-Nahar Lebanon 9 Oct, 07:33 UTC
    "أوبن إيه آي" تحبط حملات تضليل إيرانية وروسية عبر ChatGPT بهويات وهمية
  • CNA Singapore 9 Oct, 05:18 UTC
    Russian fake think-tank with real employees exposed in 'most complex' influence operation attempt, OpenAI says
  • LRT Lithuania 9 Oct, 05:04 UTC
    „OpenAI“ pranešė išardžiusi Rusijos ir Irano įtakos operacijas
  • NDTV India 9 Oct, 01:19 UTC
    OpenAI Says It Shut Down Russian, Iranian Propaganda Networks Using ChatGPT
  • NPR United States 9 Oct, 00:25 UTC
    OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaigns
  • Free Malaysia Today Malaysia 8 Oct, 23:51 UTC
    OpenAI says Iran, Russia influence ops busted
  • France 24 France 8 Oct, 23:42 UTC
    OpenAI bans Russian, Iranian ChatGPT propaganda networks
  • INTLAl-Monitor International 8 Oct, 23:30 UTC
    OpenAI says Iran, Russia influence ops busted
  • Le Figaro France 8 Oct, 20:06 UTC
    Opérations «Dark Clark» et «Bogus Bylines» : OpenAI révèle que ChatGPT a été détourné par des propagandistes russes et iraniens
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