# Operation "No Bell": Coordinated criticism of the US and allies

DevFeed: [Operation "No Bell": Coordinated criticism of the US and allies](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/operation-no-bell-coordinated-criticism-of-the-us-and-allies-41322.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-no-bell>)

Published: 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Meta](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meta.md>)

Tags: [africa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/africa.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [facebook](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/facebook.md>), [meta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meta.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [us](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/us.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI describes banning a ChatGPT account linked to the previously unreported "No Bell" operation, which likely originated in Russia and used AI to generate criticism of the United States and its allies for audiences across Africa. The operation produced geopolitical commentary and social media content, some of which appeared on Facebook Pages that Meta later banned.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI banned accounts linked to a previously unreported, likely Russia-origin operation we dubbed "No Bell", using AI to produce criticism of the US and its allies for audiences across Africa.