OpenAI and Meta both disrupted covert influence operations linked to the same for-profit organization in Israel, the companies disclosed in independent transparency reports this week. The two tech giants announced within a day of each other that
, which it described as a “for-hire Israeli threat actor' posting anti-Hamas and pro-Israel content in addition to other political content. Meanwhile, in its quarterly adversarial threat report released Wednesday, Meta confirmed that it had also removed 510 Facebook accounts, 11 pages and one group, as well as 32 Instagram accounts, linked to the same operation.
through a contact email listed on its website was rejected by the recipient’s email provider, and messages sent to a person listed there as the company’s chief technology officer also went unanswered. On its website,