Editorial & source policy

4SI prefers authorities, regulators, courts, law enforcement, official company disclosures, standards organizations, peer-reviewed research and official research institutes. Established media may provide secondary confirmation or context. Anonymous, unattributed or unverifiable material is not treated as a confirmed incident.

• map every public fact to a source and preserve direct links;
• state publication and event dates clearly;
• separate allegation, investigation, charge, finding, conviction and later disposition;
• do not infer technical cause, responsibility, loss or intent absent support;
• distinguish fact, observed signal, validated pattern and 4SI interpretation;
• consider relevant official responses and material later developments;
• avoid sensational headlines and unnecessary personal data;
• prefer multiple independent confirmations for systemic patterns;
• do not automatically publish a Critical Exposure.

For archived classifications, the published version and inclusion rules remain relevant. New material must distinguish confirmed information from inference and uncertainty. Material economic scenarios and significant allegations require human review. Public pages serve published materials; page visits do not trigger new scoring or automatic publication.

4SI publishes research while also developing Presence products. The former automated Intelligence service has been retired; historical Index and Radar materials are treated as archived research. Research pages identify 4SI interpretation and keep product positioning separate from source fact. Publication is not represented as independent journalism detached from 4SI’s mission.