Propaganda Delay Score

Score verification delay and pre-verification amplification risk.

Description

A propaganda-delay score combines delay, audience reach and two supplied editorial flags.

A propaganda-delay score combines delay, audience reach and two supplied editorial flags. The scoring scale is an explicit heuristic.^[1]

Score verification delay and pre-verification amplification risk.

When to use Propaganda Delay Score

Use this tool to score verification delay and pre-verification amplification risk.

Prepare the text, recorded observations, aligned figures or editorial criteria requested. Confirm what each label, count, timestamp or supplied flag represents before interpreting the result.

How to use Propaganda Delay Score and understand its results

Prepare the text, recorded observations, aligned figures or editorial criteria requested. Confirm what each label, count, timestamp or supplied flag represents before interpreting the result.
Enter verificationDelayMinutes, unverifiedAudienceReached, audienceScale, adversarialSource, independentConfirmation using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
Read amplificationRatio, delayRiskScore, riskLevel. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.

Input field	Meaning	Value type; see rules below	Requirement
verificationDelayMinutes	Verification delay (min)	number; minimum: 0	Required
unverifiedAudienceReached	Audience reached before verification	number; minimum: 0	Required
audienceScale	Audience normalization scale	number; minimum: 0	Required
adversarialSource	Source is adversarial	boolean	Required
independentConfirmation	Independent confirmation obtained	boolean	Required

Enter nonnegative minutes/audience, positive scale and both booleans. Return score and raw-score band: high at ≥4, elevated at ≥2, otherwise low.

raw=minutes/60+audience/scale+2adversarial−confirmation; score=max(0,raw)

Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
amplificationRatio	Pre-verification amplification ratio	number; minimum: 0
delayRiskScore	Delay risk score	number; minimum: 0
riskLevel	Delay risk level	string; one of "low", "elevated", "high"

json

{
  "input": {
    "verificationDelayMinutes": 60,
    "unverifiedAudienceReached": 1000,
    "audienceScale": 1000,
    "adversarialSource": true,
    "independentConfirmation": false
  },
  "output": {
    "amplificationRatio": 1,
    "delayRiskScore": 4,
    "riskLevel": "high"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

No propaganda detection, causal harm estimate or validated risk model is supplied.

Numeric inputs must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use Correspondent Risk: Score correspondent deployment risk from supplied operational indicators. For a complementary task, use Moderation Escalation: Classify moderation escalation from supplied safety indicators.

References

Propaganda Delay Score — tool.io

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