{
  "updated": "2026-06-26T16:18:54.985Z",
  "purpose": "Public evidence-badge and claim-classifier system for Matrix Reprogrammed. It tells readers what a record proves, what it does not prove, and what source would strengthen a claim.",
  "rule": "Source first. Evidence class second. Claim strength third. Network interpretation last.",
  "badges": [
    {
      "label": "Court Record",
      "strength": "High",
      "proves": "A filing, order, docket, exhibit, testimony transcript, judgment, plea, or court-managed document exists.",
      "doesNotProve": "It does not automatically prove every allegation inside the filing unless the court found it, the party admitted it, or the record independently supports it.",
      "strengthensWith": "Ruling, exhibit, sworn transcript, plea, verdict, authenticated docket entry."
    },
    {
      "label": "Official Source",
      "strength": "High",
      "proves": "A government, regulator, court, agency, committee, or official dataset published the material.",
      "doesNotProve": "It may still need context, date, definitions, limitations, redactions, and category separation.",
      "strengthensWith": "Original publication page, dataset notes, definitions, release memo, archive capture."
    },
    {
      "label": "Declassified Archive",
      "strength": "Medium / High",
      "proves": "A released file, FOIA record, archive item, or historical government document exists.",
      "doesNotProve": "It does not automatically prove present-day claims or the full surrounding context.",
      "strengthensWith": "File date, agency origin, release package, related files, independent corroboration."
    },
    {
      "label": "Email / Message Record",
      "strength": "Medium / High",
      "proves": "A correspondence record, message thread, sender/recipient/date/context trail, or archive result exists.",
      "doesNotProve": "It does not automatically prove the truth of statements made inside the message.",
      "strengthensWith": "Authenticated archive, full thread, metadata, attachments, matching public records."
    },
    {
      "label": "Flight / Log / Contact Record",
      "strength": "Medium",
      "proves": "A name, trip, contact, phone-book entry, schedule, log, or proximity record exists.",
      "doesNotProve": "It does not prove criminal conduct, knowledge, intent, or participation by itself.",
      "strengthensWith": "Multiple records, testimony, date alignment, corroborating emails, court exhibits."
    },
    {
      "label": "Sworn Claim",
      "strength": "Medium",
      "proves": "A person made a claim under oath or in a legal setting.",
      "doesNotProve": "A sworn claim is not the same as a court finding or conviction.",
      "strengthensWith": "Corroborating documents, cross-examination, court acceptance, supporting exhibits."
    },
    {
      "label": "Settlement / NDA",
      "strength": "Medium",
      "proves": "A private legal resolution, silence agreement, or civil compromise exists or is credibly reported.",
      "doesNotProve": "It is not an admission unless the settlement says it is.",
      "strengthensWith": "Settlement text, court filings, party statements, payment terms, related testimony."
    },
    {
      "label": "Financial / Access Record",
      "strength": "Medium",
      "proves": "Money, payments, donations, employment, advisory access, institutional access, or financial proximity exists.",
      "doesNotProve": "Money or access is not automatic proof of sex-crime participation or operational knowledge.",
      "strengthensWith": "Invoices, bank records, filings, internal reviews, testimony, contemporaneous correspondence."
    },
    {
      "label": "Credible Reporting / News Lead",
      "strength": "Lead",
      "proves": "A reputable outlet has reported a claim, source trail, legal update, or document lead.",
      "doesNotProve": "Reporting is a lead unless backed by primary documents, direct evidence, or court findings.",
      "strengthensWith": "Primary records, multiple independent outlets, linked documents, named on-record sources."
    },
    {
      "label": "Interpretive / Symbolic Claim",
      "strength": "Interpretation",
      "proves": "An interpretation, pattern, symbolic reading, or analytical argument has been made.",
      "doesNotProve": "It does not prove criminal conduct or conspiracy by itself.",
      "strengthensWith": "Primary text, historical source, doctrinal source, direct admission, external corroboration."
    },
    {
      "label": "Speculation Quarantine",
      "strength": "Quarantined",
      "proves": "A hypothesis exists but does not yet have enough evidence to publish as a claim.",
      "doesNotProve": "It proves nothing beyond a research lead.",
      "strengthensWith": "Primary records, named sources, court documents, official releases, authenticated archives."
    },
    {
      "label": "Unsupported / Rejected",
      "strength": "Rejected",
      "proves": "The claim lacks sufficient sourcing or violates the site evidence boundary.",
      "doesNotProve": "It should not be promoted as fact.",
      "strengthensWith": "A real public source trail before publication."
    }
  ],
  "sourceHierarchy": [
    "Primary Source",
    "Court Record",
    "Official Dataset",
    "Regulator / Sanctions Record",
    "Declassified Archive",
    "Parliamentary / Congressional Record",
    "Credible Reporting",
    "Interpretive Commentary"
  ],
  "claimRules": [
    "Association is not guilt.",
    "A name in a record is not proof of wrongdoing.",
    "A symbol is not proof of conspiracy.",
    "An adverse-event report is not proof of causation.",
    "A relationship line must say what it means.",
    "Unsupported viral claims are quarantined or rejected.",
    "Victim privacy overrides spectacle.",
    "Corrections strengthen the archive."
  ],
  "peopleEvidenceClasses": [
    "Convicted / admitted record",
    "Court record",
    "Sworn claim",
    "Email record",
    "Flight/log/contact record",
    "Financial/access record",
    "Contradiction lane",
    "Settlement/NDA lane",
    "Media/reputation-management lane",
    "Peripheral mention"
  ]
}