Observed Signal · Oct 1, 2024 · Safety Report · Source: OpenAI Blog · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Negative
OpenAI details 'Tort Report' abusive reporting operation
OpenAI described a small operations campaign it calls “Tort Report” in which accounts, primarily operating in Vietnamese, generated short English and Vietnamese comments intended to be used to file reports against videos and posts from independent Vietnamese media on Facebook and YouTube. OpenAI says the activity relied on titles and descriptions rather than ingesting full video content, and that posts targeted remained online (as of dates referenced), indicating no observed removals. The company classified the operation as Category 1 on its Breakout Scale, finding no measurable effect on the targeted platforms.
Documented misuse of generative content to attempt abusive reporting on major social platforms poses moderate platform-safety and trust concerns but had minimal observed impact in this case.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- OpenAI identified and banned a small number of accounts that mainly operated in Vietnamese and generated comments designed to file reports against posts on Facebook and YouTube.
- The operation generated short, generic comments in English and Vietnamese based on post titles and descriptions, not full video content.
- OpenAI named the activity “Tort Report” and compared it to abusive reporting previously described by Meta in December 2021.
- OpenAI did not observe any targeted posts being taken down; posts referenced in the report were still live (noted as still online as of July 15).
- Using its Breakout Scale, OpenAI assessed the operation as Category 1, indicating the lowest observed impact.
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