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Cities of Proof · working prototype

Proof Sandbox

A simulated, frozen information world around one health claim, with the verification environment of the Cities of Proof experiments. Which apps exist on the desktop is exactly what defines each experimental condition. All content is fictional; every interaction is logged, the way the real instrument would log it.

VIRAL CLAIMcheck it!!?

1 · Condition assignment

C0alone · free navigationiC0 · alone · free navigationThe honest baseline: what a citizen actually has today. Browser and verdict, nothing designed.
C1alone · guidediC1 · alone · guidedThe designed layer at hand, followed individually: guide, WebScore, forensics, provenance, claim tracker, network map.
C2group · free dialogueiC2 · group · free dialogueA group that can talk freely, with no designed layer: no roles, no steps, no shared board.
C3structured group + architectureiC3 · structured group + architectureThe full proposition: roles, steps, shared evidence board, archives and tools, procedural and revisable resolution.

2 · Claim block (dataset)

Vaccine additive · block 1i"A new study proves a vaccine additive causes long-term harm."A viral blog cites an untraceable study; the chart is a 1998 agency figure with a rescaled axis.
Sweetener memo · block 2i"A leaked internal memo proves the sweetener in diet sodas causes early memory loss."A viral blog "leaks" a memo that is really two misread paragraphs of a public 2011 re-evaluation; the chart relabels an animal high-dose figure as everyday human consumption.
Antenna masts · block 3i"Hospital data shows emergency visits doubled since the new antenna masts went up."A viral chart is the hospital's real ER-visits series cropped to a two-month window that coincides with a seasonal flu wave.
Water treatment · block 4i"The new treatment plant really did cut the lead in the town's tap water."The rare case where the viral post is the one denying a true, well-documented result; the accountable sources support the claim.

Best experienced on a desktop screen. Prototype built on existing blocks (WebScore by AlphAstra, forensics in the vera.ai lineage, archives from the consortium collections); a proposition to iterate on with the consortium, not a final design.