THE EVIDENCE ECOSYSTEM

QUESTIONS • EVIDENCE • CONCLUSIONS

METHODS • GOVERNANCE • PUBLIC RECORD

THE VOV STANDARD

THE RULES BEHIND THE RESULTS.

The VOV Standard defines the methodology, evidence requirements, and governance framework behind every VOV Verified investigation.

Framework Overview

This visual summarizes how investigations move from submitted questions to published classifications under a documented standard.

VOV framework showing investigation status from question to published, and evidence classifications of verified, inconclusive, and refuted.
Process and classification model used by VOV Verified investigations.

Why This Exists

Most public claims are easy to publish and hard to verify. People are expected to sort through screenshots, marketing language, selective anecdotes, and conflicting opinions, then somehow decide what is actually supported.

That is backward. If a conclusion is going to be published with confidence, the method behind it should be visible, the evidence standard should be clear, and the reasoning should be strong enough for a skeptical reader to follow.

VOV Verified publishes the conclusion. The VOV Standard exists so the public can inspect the rules, thresholds, and documentation requirements that make that conclusion worth trusting in the first place.