EDITORIAL STANDARDS

Editorial Policy

VERIQIA combines structured technology with mandatory human editorial control. Importance or audience interest may affect what receives attention, but never lowers verification or approval requirements.

Last updated 20 August 2026

Approved-source intake

Items enter VERIQIA only through enabled records in the Approved Source Registry. VERIQIA uses a free-first approach centred on official, government, regulatory and public-institution sources, with other permitted sources considered only after approval.

Normalization and event analysis

Structured entries are normalized with their provenance intact. Exact duplicates are removed deterministically. Candidate events may then be clustered using explainable signals such as headline similarity, shared entities, location, topic and timing. Related events are not treated as identical merely because they share broad terms.

Evidence and source comparison

VERIQIA identifies likely primary evidence, compares supporting reporting and preserves direct source references. A government or official source is not automatically primary for every event; its relationship to the event must be relevant.

Verification and trust status

Editors assess source sufficiency, conflicts, primary evidence, risk and the current proposal version. Public Story Files use only the approved trust vocabulary:

PRIMARY SOURCE
MULTIPLE SOURCES
DEVELOPING
SINGLE SOURCE
CONFLICTING REPORTS
CORRECTED
UNDER REVIEW

High-risk coverage

Sensitive or high-risk subjects require stronger human review. Unresolved conflicts, missing evidence, a single-source condition, an open request for more sources or a HOLD state can block verification, approval or release. No high-risk item is eligible for autonomous publication.

Human approval and publication

AI assists editorial workflows but does not independently approve or publish VERIQIA content. An authenticated, authorized founder or administrator must complete verification and approval. Publication gates are checked again before public release.

In Focus

In Focus is a neutral prominence and editorial-interest signal for stories that may be widely covered, rapidly developing, materially disputed or of strong public interest. It is not a trust rating and does not change factual standards.

Updates and corrections

Published Story Files are not silently overwritten. Material updates and corrections require a new approved version, renewed release checks and a preserved history. Corrections are identified publicly where applicable. Editorial feedback and correction requests may be sent to the dedicated editorial address.

editorial@veriqia.com