{
  "schema_version":"0.5","status":"implemented-owner-prepublication-moderation-placement-and-private-holds-independent-appeal-staged","reviewed_on":"2026-09-17","purpose":"Operate transparent prepublication moderation, topic placement, and private temporary holds while preserving the distinction between conduct decisions, scientific review, and non-bypassable user protections.",
  "decision_types":[{"id":"clarify","effect":"request context without limiting visibility","appealable":false},{"id":"label","effect":"add a conduct, evidence, or audience notice without altering source text","appealable":true},{"id":"limit","effect":"temporarily restrict visibility or interaction pending review","appealable":true},{"id":"remove_public_view","effect":"preserve an immutable restricted record while removing public display","appealable":true},{"id":"suspend","effect":"time-limited account restriction","appealable":true},{"id":"emergency_hold","effect":"short safety hold requiring prompt second-person review","appealable":true}],
  "required_decision_fields":["decision_id","record_id","rule_id","decision_type","actor_role","reason","evidence_refs","conflict_disclosure","created_at","review_deadline","appeal_state","supersedes"],
  "workflow":["report or automated flag","triage without scientific judgment","conflict check","proportionate temporary action if needed","named decision","notice to affected participant","appeal window","independent reviewer","affirm modify or reverse","publish outcome at the permitted audience"],
  "appeal_requirements":["reviewer did not make the original decision","no retaliation","original record preserved","time limit disclosed","new evidence accepted","minority rationale preserved","reversal propagates to dependent notices"],
  "capacity_gate":{"state":"bounded_active","implemented":["pending-by-default submissions","server-assigned owner moderator","private automated holds pending human decision","approve quarantine and remove decisions","topic-heading reclassification including Off-Topic","required rationale","append-only moderation and move events","moderator-only safety signals and recent-decision history without displayed account identifiers","user reports"],"staged":["additional trained moderators","independent appeal coverage","published response targets","emergency second-person review","rotation and recusal coverage","model-assisted organization review"]},
  "protected_boundaries":["moderation does not validate science","source evidence is not rewritten","dissent is not silently erased","popularity is not a moderation rule","technical administrators do not decide scientific disputes","moderators cannot publish account email","moderators cannot activate a hard-blocked or technically unverified link","moderators cannot weaken safe link rendering or mandatory destination checks","moderators cannot automatically follow an item for a user"],
  "evolution_hooks":["forum.policy.changed","moderation.capacity.changed","appeal.process.changed","abuse.pattern.changed","legal.requirement.changed"]
}