Evidence · DiggingBeagle record
Marc Owen Jones: Bogus Bylines publisher and syndication inventory
October 9 independent OSINT inventory of matching bylines on 17 publication and syndication sites, seven sampled texts and concrete republication chains. Publisher records support placements; identifying the bylines as coordinated Iran-origin activity still depends on OpenAI's investigation.
- Published
- Oct 9, 2026
- Publisher
- Marc Owen Jones / Dysinfluence
- Source role
- independent technical reproduction
Evidence record
October 9 independent OSINT inventory of matching bylines on 17 publication and syndication sites, seven sampled texts and concrete republication chains. Publisher records support placements; identifying the bylines as coordinated Iran-origin activity still depends on OpenAI's investigation.
Claim-level citations (2)
- supportsOperation Bogus Bylines placed Iran-origin influence articles under seven fictional journalists: Marc Owen Jones independently traced matching byline and article records to 17 publication and syndication sites and identified several republication paths; those records corroborate distribution under the names but do not independently prove the operator attribution or direct submission to each outlet.
Opening OSINT inventory, 17-site publication list, PeaceVoice and News-Register syndication examples, Publication records scope note
- supportsOperation Bogus Bylines placed Iran-origin influence articles under seven fictional journalists: The disclosed AI uses include editorial refinement, pitch writing, synthetic comments and internal reporting; the underlying record does not show that all nearly 100 published articles were generated by ChatGPT.
Scope notes distinguishing verified publication records from attribution and model-authorship claims