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Evidence Library

17 approved evidence entries across 10 signal domains — sourced from regulatory filings, transparency reports, academic research, and journalism.

Fake Profiles

2

Synthetic accounts, bot networks, and identity fabrication.

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Ghost Jobs

2

Job postings with no intent to hire — budget holds, phantom openings.

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Scam Recruiting

2

Fraudulent job offers, advance-fee schemes, and credential harvesting.

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Synthetic Engagement

1

Manufactured likes, views, connections, and follower activity.

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Review Integrity

2

Fake, incentivized, or suppressed reviews distorting platform reputation.

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Coordinated Behavior

1

Organized networks operating in concert to game platform signals.

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Misinformation

2

False or misleading platform narratives about hiring or outcomes.

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Platform Enforcement

2

Documented regulatory actions, fines, and enforcement orders.

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Data Disclosure

1

Transparency report figures, disclosed metrics, and public admissions.

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Crawler Exposure

2

Bot traffic patterns, scraping activity, and web signal classifications.

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Child Safety

COPPA violations, CSAM reporting failures, Online Safety Act enforcement, and eSafety Commissioner notices.

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Security Integrity

Impersonation, phishing routes, credential exposure, scraping abuse, account takeover, and data harvesting.

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Source Integrity

Credibility and trustworthiness of platform-listed sources, publishers, and reference materials.

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Disclosure Quality

How fully platforms disclose operational data, risks, and policy changes to users and regulators.

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Identity Verification

Platform mechanisms for verifying user identity and preventing impersonation at scale.

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Incentive Distortion

Financial or algorithmic incentives that distort platform content quality or user experience.

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Hiring Reality

Alignment between platform hiring claims and documented workforce placement outcomes.

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Review Origin

Provenance and authenticity of platform reviews, ratings, and user-generated assessments.

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AI Content Saturation

Concentration of synthetic or AI-generated content in platform-served information.

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Cross-Platform Echo

Coordinated amplification of narratives across platforms from circular or shared sources.

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Policy Reality Gap

Divergence between stated platform policies and documented enforcement or operational behavior.

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Harm Potential

Documented harms to users, workers, or public interest resulting from platform practices.

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Remediation

Platform responsiveness to identified harms — documented corrections, settlements, and behavioral changes.

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About this library

Every entry in the Evidence Library was extracted from a published source, reviewed by a human operator, and approved before entering the scoring pipeline. Evidence traces back to a specific source artifact with a SHA-256 hash for immutability. Sources are never scraped or inferred — they are submitted, verified, and approved. Read about source tiers →