Scoring ledger
Evidence first, colour second
A reproducible rule set designed to show uncertainty instead of hiding it.
Source ladder
Tier 1 · primary local
Acts, proclamations, regulator registers, official notices and authority contacts.
Tier 2 · primary foreign
Regulator registers and operator terms, scoped to their stated jurisdiction.
Tier 3 · independent
News, complaint records and review pages used for leads and context.
Tier 4 · discovery
Search and Affgate inventory used to find entities, never to prove a claim.
Verdict rules
Green
Current primary local record matches exact domain and operator.
Amber
Open evidence or an unresolved match.
Red
Official adverse or corroborated documented adverse evidence.
AI limitations
Automation can miss updates, misread dynamic pages or conflate similarly named brands. We retain access dates, narrow claims and source captures so a correction can be tested. No score is guaranteed neutral or infallible.