Persistent identifiers for the sources the Library actually uses. The identifier preserves which source we mean even when several articles depend on it.
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The Source Ledger records the public sources actually cited by Ministry publications, gives each source a persistent ID, and states both what the source supports and what it does not prove.
A SOURCE RECORD PROVES WHAT SOURCE WE CONSULTED AND HOW WE USED IT. IT DOES NOT CERTIFY THAT THE SOURCE IS INFALLIBLE.
A link is not automatically a source. A source is not automatically correct. Official documents can authoritatively describe their own rules while application and broader interpretation remain disputed. Scholarship contains limitations. Historical artifacts preserve a record; they do not make every assertion inside the record true. Provenance preserves the path. Human evaluation still has work to do.
Existing MFTAC-SRC identifiers are persistent. A later release may update a location or note, but must not silently reuse an identifier for a different source.
PRIMARY LAW / GOVERNANCE
8 source records
MFTAC-SRC-0001CHECKED 2026-08-30
United Nations — Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Articles 18–20
Used by “Your Conscience Is Not Territory” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Does not establish universal applicability outside its jurisdiction, settle every interpretation, or prove the Ministry’s broader philosophical conclusion.
MFTAC-SRC-0002CHECKED 2026-08-30
OHCHR — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Articles 17–19
Used by “Your Conscience Is Not Territory” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Does not establish universal applicability outside its jurisdiction, settle every interpretation, or prove the Ministry’s broader philosophical conclusion.
MFTAC-SRC-0003CHECKED 2026-08-30
UN Human Rights Committee — General Comment No. 22 on Article 18
Used by “Your Conscience Is Not Territory” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Does not establish universal applicability outside its jurisdiction, settle every interpretation, or prove the Ministry’s broader philosophical conclusion.
Used by “Can an Algorithm Become an Unanswerable Authority?” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Does not establish universal applicability outside its jurisdiction, settle every interpretation, or prove the Ministry’s broader philosophical conclusion.
Status
consolidated text checked 2026-07-27
Edition / revision
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 consolidated version dated 27 July 2026.
Lineage
The Source ID points to the dated consolidated text used by the article; future consolidated versions require review before substitution.
MFTAC-SRC-0018CHECKED 2026-08-30
EU General Data Protection Regulation — Article 20
Primary legal text. Article 20 defines a conditional right to data portability.
Does not prove
Does not establish universal applicability outside its jurisdiction, settle every interpretation, or prove the Ministry’s broader philosophical conclusion.
Primary legal text on switching, exportable data, interoperability, contractual terms, and continuity for covered data-processing services.
Does not prove
Does not establish universal applicability outside its jurisdiction, settle every interpretation, or prove the Ministry’s broader philosophical conclusion.
MFTAC-SRC-0035CHECKED 2026-08-30
United Nations — Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect
Official prevention portal linking the Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes and the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech.
Does not prove
Does not establish universal applicability outside its jurisdiction, settle every interpretation, or prove the Ministry’s broader philosophical conclusion.
MFTAC-SRC-0055CHECKED 2026-09-01
ADA.gov — New Rule on Accessibility of State and Local Government Web Content and Mobile Apps
Summarizes the U.S. Title II web/mobile accessibility rule and its WCAG 2.1 Level AA technical standard for covered state and local government content.
Does not prove
Does not establish that the Ministry is covered by that rule, settle every accessibility question, or make WCAG conformance identical to practical usability for every person.
Status
final rule with 2026 interim date extension
Edition / revision
2024 Title II web/mobile final rule; April 2026 Interim Final Rule extended compliance dates to 26 April 2027 / 26 April 2028 by entity size.
Lineage
The accessibility requirement and the compliance-date extension are distinct rule events; the Ministry does not claim that it is itself covered by Title II.
OFFICIAL INSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE
36 source records
MFTAC-SRC-0005CHECKED 2026-08-30
OECD — Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions 2026 Results
Used by “What Makes Authority Legitimate?” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Used by “What Makes Authority Legitimate?” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0007CHECKED 2026-08-30
Committee on Publication Ethics — Retraction Guidelines
Used by “The Right to Change Your Mind” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0008CHECKED 2026-08-30
National Academies — Fostering Integrity in Research
Used by “The Right to Change Your Mind” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Status
stable 2017 publication current url
Edition / revision
Fostering Integrity in Research (2017).
Lineage
The Ministry Source ID survived a public URL move from nap.nationalacademies.org to nationalacademies.org without changing source identity.
MFTAC-SRC-0012CHECKED 2026-08-30
World Health Organization — Communicating risk in public health emergencies
Used by “Fear Is Not Evidence” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Used by “Can an Algorithm Become an Unanswerable Authority?” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Status
published framework under revision
Edition / revision
AI RMF 1.0; NIST states the framework is being revised as of the 2026-09-01 review.
Lineage
Preserve AI RMF 1.0 as the cited edition. A future revision is not silently substituted for this Source ID.
Used by “Can an Algorithm Become an Unanswerable Authority?” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Used by “Can an Algorithm Become an Unanswerable Authority?” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0017CHECKED 2026-08-30
European Commission — AI Act overview and implementation timeline
Used by “Can an Algorithm Become an Unanswerable Authority?” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Used by “A Hash Proves Bytes, Not Truth” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Status
final_2015_revision_planned
Edition / revision
FIPS 180-4, August 2015; NIST planning note dated 7 March 2023 states NIST decided to revise FIPS 180-4.
Lineage
The cited 2015 standard remains the identified Source ID. A planned future revision is not silently substituted. MFTAC-SRC-0022 separately records the CSRC final record/revision note.
MFTAC-SRC-0022CHECKED 2026-09-01
NIST CSRC — FIPS 180-4 final record and revision note
Used by “A Hash Proves Bytes, Not Truth” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Status
final standard revision planned
Edition / revision
FIPS 180-4, August 2015 Final; NIST planning note dated 7 March 2023 says the standard will be revised.
Lineage
The existing Final record remains the cited source until a successor is actually published and reviewed.
MFTAC-SRC-0025CHECKED 2026-08-30
Harvard Kennedy School — Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know
Research-oriented overview of coordinated unarmed civil resistance and its forms.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0026CHECKED 2026-08-30
Harvard Kennedy School — The Future of Nonviolent Resistance
Research summary emphasizing movement structure, organizing, strategy, and changing outcomes.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Institutional summary of Elinor Ostrom’s work on governance of shared resources.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0028CHECKED 2026-08-30
International Labour Organization — Recommendation 193 and cooperatives
Institutional description of cooperatives as member-owned and member-controlled organizations.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0029CHECKED 2026-08-30
National Labor Relations Board — Concerted Activity
Official public guidance on protected concerted activity and stated limits.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Official guidance describing protected activity, retaliation, and required elements under laws OSHA enforces.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0031CHECKED 2026-08-30
OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program — Retaliation
Official explanation that adverse action can include subtle measures as well as termination or demotion.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0033CHECKED 2026-08-30
Harvard Business School — Amy Edmondson interview on psychological safety
Research-oriented discussion of speaking up, challenge, and fear of interpersonal consequences in teams.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0039CHECKED 2026-08-30
Digital Inquiry Group — Civic Online Reasoning: About
Research-based framework built from observing professional fact checkers evaluating online sources.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0043CHECKED 2026-08-30
UNESCO — Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Intergovernmental ethics framework emphasizing human rights, accountability, transparency, and human oversight.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Intergovernmental principles for trustworthy AI, including human agency, transparency, robustness, and accountability.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Status
current 2024 revision as checked
Edition / revision
OECD AI Principles adopted 2019; updated 2024.
Lineage
The public record is tied to the 2024 update rather than treating the 2019 version as timeless.
MFTAC-SRC-0046CHECKED 2026-08-30
Stanford Graduate School of Education — fact-checker strategies and lateral reading
Institutional summary of Stanford research describing lateral reading and click restraint used by professional fact checkers.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Publishing guidance on factual corrections, new versions, preservation of prior versions, and retraction where errors invalidate conclusions.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
MFTAC-SRC-0048CHECKED 2026-08-30
Crossref — Version control, corrections, and retractions
Infrastructure guidance for version relationships and editorially significant post-publication updates.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Public status infrastructure designed to make corrections, retractions, and updates discoverable across copies and contexts.
Does not prove
Describes an institution’s framework, guidance, or record; it does not independently prove every underlying empirical claim or universal applicability.
Describes humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality as the Movement’s ethical and operational framework for humanitarian action.
Does not prove
Does not make the full Movement framework legally or operationally mandatory for every service organization or every non-emergency setting.
MFTAC-SRC-0051CHECKED 2026-08-30
IFRC — Code of Conduct for the Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief
States that aid priorities should be based on need and that aid should not be used to further a particular political or religious standpoint; it also emphasizes local capacities, participation, and accountability.
Does not prove
Does not prove that all service contexts are disaster relief, that every signatory applies the Code perfectly, or that the Code is a universal legal rule.
MFTAC-SRC-0052CHECKED 2026-09-01
Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability — 2024 edition
Provides a people-centred quality and accountability standard that emphasizes the role of communities, participation, feedback, learning, and accountable assistance.
Does not prove
Does not certify the Ministry, prove a specific program is effective, or make humanitarian-sector standards automatically applicable as law outside their intended contexts.
Status
current second edition as checked
Edition / revision
Core Humanitarian Standard, second edition, March 2024.
Lineage
The 2014 edition remains historical; the Ministry source record identifies the 2024 edition it actually uses.
MFTAC-SRC-0054CHECKED 2026-08-30
U.S. Department of Justice — Justice Management Division Language Access Plan
Defines language assistance and meaningful access within a current U.S. Department of Justice operational context, including accurate, timely, and effective communication.
Does not prove
Does not establish a universal rule for every private organization, jurisdiction, or language-access question.
MFTAC-SRC-0056CHECKED 2026-09-01
NIST — Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems, SP 800-34 Rev. 1 (updated 11/11/2010)
Provides a federal information-system contingency-planning framework that includes recovery strategies, contingency plans, testing, training, exercises, and maintenance.
Does not prove
Does not require every organization to copy the federal framework exactly or prove that a written plan will work unless it is tested and maintained.
Status
final updated record
Edition / revision
SP 800-34 Rev. 1, May 2010, updated 11 November 2010.
Lineage
NIST marks the 05/31/2010 Rev. 1 record withdrawn because it was superseded by the 11/11/2010 updated Rev. 1 record. The updated record is Final and is the Ministry source URL.
Status review: NIST CSRC marks the initial 05/31/2010 Rev. 1 record withdrawn and superseded by the updated 11/11/2010 Rev. 1 record. The updated record is listed as Final. This ledger points to that updated record.
MFTAC-SRC-0057CHECKED 2026-08-30
Library of Congress — Use of Approved Inventory Systems / Storing Multiple Copies
Describes Library of Congress practice using multiple managed copies, independent systems, geographic separation, and fixity verification for long-term digital collections.
Does not prove
Does not mean every small archive needs the Library’s exact infrastructure or that redundancy alone establishes provenance, meaning, or truth.
MFTAC-SRC-0058CHECKED 2026-08-30
OECD — Guidelines for Citizen Participation Processes
Describes multiple citizen-participation methods and practical design principles, including transparency, appropriate participation methods, and attention to digital divides.
Does not prove
Does not validate the Ministry’s Action Circle as a scientific or universal governance model, or show that one participation method fits every problem.
Defines program evaluation, distinguishes process/output/outcome/impact evaluation, describes outputs as products of activities and outcomes as program effects, and calls for attention to unintended consequences, limitations, and use of findings.
Does not prove
Does not establish that one universal metric can measure every program, does not prove causality from outcome tracking alone, and does not validate the Ministry’s own measurement receipt as an external standard.
Status
current 2024 framework as checked
Edition / revision
CDC Program Evaluation Framework, 2024; updates the 1999 framework.
Lineage
The Source ID is tied to the 2024 framework and should not be silently redirected to the superseded 1999 framework.
MFTAC-SRC-0060CHECKED 2026-08-30
U.S. GAO — Performance Measurement and Evaluation: Definitions and Relationships
Distinguishes performance measurement from program evaluation and describes output, outcome, impact, and cost-effectiveness relationships used to assess program operations and results.
Does not prove
Does not make any Ministry-specific program effective, does not establish causal impact from routine performance measures, and does not require the Ministry’s specific categories.
Provides context-sensitive evaluation criteria including relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability, and emphasizes thoughtful use according to context and intended users.
Does not prove
Does not reduce all human outcomes to a score and does not establish that every criterion must be used in every evaluation.
SCHOLARLY RESEARCH
10 source records
MFTAC-SRC-0009CHECKED 2026-08-30
Skagerlund et al. — The Affect Heuristic and Risk Perception
Used by “Fear Is Not Evidence” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Contributes evidence within its methods, sample, assumptions, and limitations; it does not establish universal causation or eliminate competing explanations.
MFTAC-SRC-0010CHECKED 2026-08-30
How do People Judge Risk? Availability may Upstage Affect in the Construction of Risk Judgments
Used by “Fear Is Not Evidence” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Contributes evidence within its methods, sample, assumptions, and limitations; it does not establish universal causation or eliminate competing explanations.
MFTAC-SRC-0011CHECKED 2026-08-30
The effects of repetition frequency on the illusory truth effect
Used by “Fear Is Not Evidence” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Contributes evidence within its methods, sample, assumptions, and limitations; it does not establish universal causation or eliminate competing explanations.
MFTAC-SRC-0020CHECKED 2026-08-30
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty — Oxford Handbook overview
Scholarly overview of Hirschman’s exit/voice framework and later applications.
Does not prove
Contributes evidence within its methods, sample, assumptions, and limitations; it does not establish universal causation or eliminate competing explanations.
MFTAC-SRC-0032CHECKED 2026-08-30
Systematic review of employee silence and voice in healthcare
Open scholarly review emphasizing context, perceived consequences, and methodological limitations in voice/silence research.
Does not prove
Contributes evidence within its methods, sample, assumptions, and limitations; it does not establish universal causation or eliminate competing explanations.
MFTAC-SRC-0037CHECKED 2026-08-30
Misinformation and public opinion of science and health — review
Contributes evidence within its methods, sample, assumptions, and limitations; it does not establish universal causation or eliminate competing explanations.
Scholarly discussion of uncertainty, revision, transparency, and epistemic humility in science.
Does not prove
Contributes evidence within its methods, sample, assumptions, and limitations; it does not establish universal causation or eliminate competing explanations.
MFTAC-SRC-0041CHECKED 2026-08-30
Living Between Two Different Worlds — experiences of leaving a high-cost religious group
Qualitative research describing identity, belonging, choice, and transition experiences among a specific participant group.
Does not prove
Contributes evidence within its methods, sample, assumptions, and limitations; it does not establish universal causation or eliminate competing explanations.
MFTAC-SRC-0042CHECKED 2026-08-30
Leaving My Religion — religious disaffiliation, health, and well-being
Population-level study of disaffiliation and well-being associations, including the role of attendance/social integration.
Does not prove
Contributes evidence within its methods, sample, assumptions, and limitations; it does not establish universal causation or eliminate competing explanations.
MFTAC-SRC-0053CHECKED 2026-08-30
Herd & Moynihan — Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net
Reviews how learning, compliance, and psychological costs can shape access to social-safety-net programs and can undermine program goals.
Does not prove
Does not prove that a particular difficult procedure was intentionally designed to exclude people or that every administrative requirement is unjustified.
Used by “A Hash Proves Bytes, Not Truth” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Documents specific historical records and interpretation; it does not make every historical mechanism universal or identify any current person as equivalent.
MFTAC-SRC-0024CHECKED 2026-08-30
Library of Congress / PREMIS — Preservation Metadata Data Dictionary v3.0
Used by “A Hash Proves Bytes, Not Truth” as a source for the specific claim described in that article’s source trail.
Does not prove
Documents specific historical records and interpretation; it does not make every historical mechanism universal or identify any current person as equivalent.
MFTAC-SRC-0034CHECKED 2026-08-30
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Defining the Enemy
Historical/archival source on Nazi propaganda, exclusion, and the construction of targeted groups as enemies.
Does not prove
Documents specific historical records and interpretation; it does not make every historical mechanism universal or identify any current person as equivalent.
MFTAC-SRC-0036CHECKED 2026-08-30
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Deceiving the Public
Historical/archival source on propaganda used to disguise aims, construct victim narratives, and justify violence.
Does not prove
Documents specific historical records and interpretation; it does not make every historical mechanism universal or identify any current person as equivalent.
PHILOSOPHICAL / METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
4 source records
MFTAC-SRC-0004CHECKED 2026-08-30
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Political Legitimacy
Don't shadowban your own thoughts. Publish a question, evidence, testimony, a contradiction, or a correction. Human knowledge needs more voices—not only the opinions an algorithm already knows how to recommend.
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