Method
Tally. Compare. Filter. Predict.
How a verdict is reached, and why a measurement stands on its own while a claim needs a person.
Four steps
From a claim to a verdict.
Tally
Count the coverage carrying the claim from outlets graded credible. Thin coverage is reported as thin.
Compare
Six independent signals weigh in. No single one can make a claim verified; the one input decisive on its own is a published false rating.
Filter
What nothing corroborates cannot be verified. It is flagged, unverified at best, and only what a person verified reaches the customer feed.
Predict
How fast a narrative is growing, how soon it doubles, and the precedent for that kind of narrative show where a claim is heading.
Measured, or reported
A reading stands on its own. A claim needs a person.
Measured
A seismic reading, a fire detection, an airspace count. It is kept as an observation with its source and its revisions, is never given a claim verdict, and never enters the claim queue.
Reported
Someone says a thing happened. The six signals weigh it. Before it reaches the customer feed a person verifies it with a confidence score; dismissing it takes a reason, and each decision is audited.
The verdict format
Every verdict shows its working.
| cross-source corroboration | SUPPORTS |
|---|---|
| the fact-check record | NEUTRAL |
| spread velocity | NEUTRAL |
| prior-narrative correlation | NEUTRAL |
| known manipulation patterns | NEUTRAL |
| models weigh, humans verify | SUPPORTS |
| VERIFIED | The signals weigh clearly for the claim, and at least one corroborates it. |
|---|---|
| UNVERIFIED | Nothing corroborates it, or the signals do not settle it either way. |
| DISPUTED | The signals lean against the claim. |
| LIKELY FALSE | The signals weigh clearly against it. |
| FABRICATED | Fact-checkers have rated it false, or the signals weigh overwhelmingly against it. |
A check that could not run, because a source was down or a key is not configured, is listed as unavailable. It counts neither for nor against the claim.
Institutional disclosure
Verification boundaries & known coverage gaps
What the platform checks automatically, and where primary registries or human corroboration decide.
Verified automatically
Cross-source outlet tallying, published fact-check matching, narrative velocity, cross-channel correlation, historical manipulation patterns, and structural text scoring run automatically, alongside statement-to-catalogue gap reconciliation and acoustic master matching on Royalties.
Primary registry & human corroboration
Customer-feed publication requires a named analyst with a recorded confidence score; official land-title and court-registry searches in Accra require physical desk verification on Land title; and royalty collection claims require rightsholder review before submission.
Closed registries stay closed
WASID never scrapes closed state registries or invents parcel clearances when an archive holds no record.
Language depth varies by registry
Dedicated rule lexicons, macro-language rules, and registry-only entries are distinguished openly on Coverage.
Offline sources stay neutral
When an upstream feed is unreachable or an external key is absent, the check records as not run rather than safe.
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