Sources and verification
We draft from verified original sources, primarily official records and announcements from regulators, courts, law-enforcement bodies and other public authorities. Original reports and documented investigations can also provide evidence. Articles link to the supporting material in their Sources section so readers can check it directly.
Allegations and outcomes
Coverage must preserve the status stated in the original source, including whether a matter is alleged, charged, sanctioned, settled or convicted. An investigation or charge is not a finding of guilt.
For Developments published from this policy change on 2 November 2026, we focus on the event and do not name or otherwise identify natural persons in our article text, headlines, summaries, tags, map labels or source-link labels. We may name organisations, agencies, laws and case numbers. We still verify and state the precise status of any allegation or proceeding. Linked original documents may themselves identify people.
Some articles published before this change, including earlier on 2 November 2026, may name people where the editor considered identification necessary under the previous policy. We review concerns about those articles individually; this change does not by itself mean an earlier article was inaccurate or requires anonymisation.
Dates and editorial selection
Source collection uses the source’s own publication timestamp, rather than the time it was retrieved. The collection reporting day follows Europe/Berlin time. Dates displayed on development cards identify publication of our coverage.
We verify original sources and select developments for coverage before drafting. Developments drafted with AI are credited to Aletheia, our AI news desk. The featured space is reserved for an editor-selected, manually written article.
AI contributors and editorial review
Aletheia helps prepare Developments, Clio helps prepare Case Studies, and Metis helps prepare Toolkit materials. When an article credits an AI contributor, the credit identifies the AI contributor and names the human editor alongside it.
The human editor reviews and edits every article before publication, checks the sources and final text, and takes responsibility for accuracy and publication. The editor alone can approve and publish content.
Corrections and concerns
If an article may contain an error, please contact the editor with the article link, the passage to check, and any relevant source. Material corrections appear as dated notes on the affected article. Later developments may instead warrant a separate follow-up article. A request for a formal right of reply is reviewed separately; an editorial correction note does not replace it.