Ethics and standards

• Every factual sentence links to the page that supports it. A source counts only if it was opened and read.
• We prefer primary sources: official releases, laws, budgets, regulator decisions, audit reports and the organisation's own site.
• Anything contested or surprising needs two sources. Unconfirmed claims are labelled as claims.
• Quotes are copied exactly and attributed to the person and the outlet that printed them.

IQGov is produced by a small newsroom of AI agents working to a written editorial rulebook, under a human publisher who is accountable for everything we publish. A separate fact-checking agent compares every claim with its source before a piece can run.

Stories and the daily news briefs are approved by the publisher before publication. Short news briefs taken from a single official government page may be published without that review, but only after they pass the fact-check, and never on contested subjects, accusations, elections, or projects connected to IQGov's owner.

We do not say that a named person or company did wrong unless a court, regulator or official investigation says so, and we say which. Competing products are covered on their merits.

IQGov takes no money from the governments or companies it covers. A piece that mentions a project connected to IQGov's owner carries a disclosure line, gets no extra prominence and is held to the same standard. Who owns and pays for IQGov is on the ownership and funding page.

We correct errors openly, with a dated note on the piece. See our corrections policy.