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Objector FAQ

Answers to your questions

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What is an Objector?

An Objector is any individual or organization that files a formal challenge against a published statement. Objectors do not moderate content, flag posts, or request removals through editorial channels. They initiate and fund a structured, adversarial evidentiary process.

What is the Objector's function?

The Objector’s function is to identify and challenge specific statements in published content.

Objectors select a published article, identify the statement they believe to be false, provide their interpretation of the statement's allegation, and stake capital to fund the investigation. The case then proceeds through an adversarial evidentiary process governed by defined standards.

Is this a complaint system?

No.

Objection is not a reporting tool, a moderation queue, or a feedback form. Filing an objection initiates a formal case. Evidence is gathered, tested, and weighed. A verdict is rendered. The outcome becomes part of the permanent public record.

What happens after I file?

The case enters a structured lifecycle:

  1. Author Involvement — You may invite the article’s author to respond

  2. Rectification — The author may offer to retract, correct, or apologize. You decide whether to accept

  3. Investigation — Investigators apply, are assigned, and submit evidence

  4. Judgment — After a countdown period, an AI Tribunal renders a verdict: TRUE, FALSE, or INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

  5. Post-Judgment — The case file becomes public. Bounty is distributed. Honor Index scores for authors are updated

You are notified at every stage.

Who should not file an Objection?

This process is not suitable for those who:

  • Seek to harass or silence authors

  • Expect guaranteed outcomes

  • Are unwilling to fund a genuine investigation

  • Want ideological validation rather than evidentiary determination

Objectors fund a process. They do not control it.

Why file an objection?

Published statements shape reputations, markets, and public behavior often without accountability. Traditional complaint mechanisms are slow, opaque, and rarely produce durable outcomes.

Objection exists to change that.

When you file an objection:

  • A permanent record is created

  • Evidence is gathered and tested adversarially

  • A verdict is rendered and published

  • The outcome persists, rather than disappearing with the news cycle

This process is for people who believe that published claims should be verifiable and that those who publish them should be accountable.

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