Previous version (policy package P-55a8b32e0a50, effective 2026-10-15). It applies until the current version takes effect: read the current version.

Editorial standards and corrections

Responsible for editorial decisions: Brandsap · Corrections: contact@brandsap.com or, in the app, ⋯ on a card → Report a problem

1. What we publish

• Short cards that name their source in plain text, show when the source published the information, and link to the original.
• Only material from sources whose rights have been reviewed and recorded. Today that means automated cards built from two public U.S. Government data feeds: USGS earthquake reports (magnitude 4.5 and above, past day) and National Weather Service alerts for a fixed list of 11 alert types. Every other outside source is switched off.
• No opinion pieces, sponsored stories, ads or user posts. A card reaches only readers who chose a matching topic.

2. How an automated card is made

1. Curivra reads the agency's feed every few minutes and identifies the agency, the exact feed and the event.
2. A fixed template fills a card from the source's own fields (magnitude, place, time, alert type, area, end time). No generative AI writes or edits these cards.
3. A separate automatic check compares every figure, name and time in the card with the source record. A card that fails is never published.
4. Publishing rules approved by the operator then apply. A card is not published if the source information is more than 6 hours old, if a warning has less than 10 minutes left, or if the event is sensitive: possible casualties, a tsunami flag, an extreme warning or a tornado warning waits for a person to review it.
5. Earthquake cards leave every feed 72 hours after the earthquake; weather cards leave when the alert ends. A held card whose event has ended is closed and can never be published late.
6. Each card is labelled "Automated card from … data" and carries the source's credit line.

3. Corrections

• Automatic: when USGS revises an earthquake (for example a new magnitude), the card is updated and marked "Corrected" with a note saying what changed; when USGS deletes an event, the card is withdrawn. When the NWS updates or cancels an alert, the earlier card is ended at once.
• By an editor: an editor can correct a card's text with a required correction note. Readers see the corrected text everywhere at once, a "Corrected" label and the note in the card's ⋯ sheet; the previous text is kept in our records.
• We aim to correct a confirmed error within one business day.

4. Withdrawals

A card that is wrong, unsafe to keep up or no longer covered by a rights basis is withdrawn. It leaves every feed, its link stops working, and the app deletes copies on readers' phones. A source can be suspended at once, which removes all of its cards; every feed can also be switched off by an emergency switch without an app update.

5. Reader reports

Readers can report a card as inaccurate, not related to their interests, broken, or something else. Reports are reviewed daily during the test programme. A "not related to my interests" report is checked against the reader's chosen topics on our server; a confirmed mismatch is treated as a critical fault.

6. Standards

• Accuracy over speed: a card is published only after the automatic check, and sensitive events wait for a person.
• Attribution: every fact comes from the named source; Curivra adds no claims of its own.
• Official alerts: cards are not official warnings and say so; they link to the issuing agency.
• No implied endorsement: Curivra never describes a source as a partner or as approving Curivra.
• Independence: no sponsored content and no payments from sources.
• Automation: automated production is disclosed on each card, and a person remains responsible for the publishing rules and every correction.