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R0002/2026-03-13/C012/H1

Statement

All five sub-claims are accurate: Wardle and Derakhshan published the taxonomy in 2017 through the Council of Europe, it distinguishes three categories, and the basis is intent to harm.

Status

Current: Inconclusive

Supporting Evidence

Evidence Summary
SRC01-E01 Confirms authors, year, publisher
SRC01-E02 Confirms three categories
SRC04-E01 Independent confirmation of publication details
SRC05-E01 Independent confirmation of taxonomy categories

Contradicting Evidence

Evidence Summary
SRC01-E03 Framework uses two dimensions (falseness + intent), not intent alone
SRC02-E01 Confirms two-dimensional structure
SRC03-E01 Confirms falseness + intent as distinguishing dimensions

Reasoning

H1 is supported for sub-claims 012a through 012d (authors, year, publisher, three categories) with very high confidence. However, sub-claim 012e (basis is "intent to harm") is an oversimplification. The framework actually uses two dimensions — falseness and intent to harm — to produce three categories. If intent to harm were the sole basis, there would only be two categories (harmful intent vs. not). H1 is marked inconclusive because 4 of 5 sub-claims are confirmed but the fifth is oversimplified.

Relationship to Other Hypotheses

Overlaps with H2 on sub-claims 012a-012d. Mutually exclusive with H2 on sub-claim 012e. H3 is independent — tests whether the publication details are wrong.