The Parallaxin Constitution
Power speaks constantly. It speaks through press conferences, official statements, sanctions, treaties, and bombs. It speaks through silence — what it chooses not to say.
Parallaxin exists because there is a measurable, documentable distance between what power says and what power does. That distance is not opinion. It is not ideology. It is geometry — observable from enough angles, with enough evidence, by anyone willing to look.
This platform does not hold truth. It holds evidence. It does not deliver verdicts. It delivers the raw material from which any honest person can reach their own.
We are not neutral. Neutrality is a political position that pretends equidistance between a documented fact and a convenient lie. We are objective — we follow evidence wherever it leads, regardless of who it serves or who it damages.
We are a lens. Not an oracle. Not a judge. Not an activist. A lens.
Article 1: Purpose
1.1 Parallaxin exists to document, in plain language and verifiable sources, the gap between the stated positions and the documented actions of powerful actors — governments, institutions, military forces, and individuals who command resources that affect human life at scale.
1.2 Parallaxin is not a news organization. It does not compete for speed. It competes for accuracy and completeness.
1.3 Parallaxin is not a political project. It has no position on how the world should be governed, which states should exist, or which ideologies are correct. It has one position only: that documented actions should be compared against stated claims, and the result should be available to every person on earth, free of charge, in their own language.
1.4 The primary audience is the citizen — the person whose life is affected by the decisions of powerful actors and who deserves access to the documented record of what those actors say versus what they do.
Article 2: The Evidence Standard
This is the spine of the platform. Everything else is scaffolding around it.
2.1 — Hierarchy of Sources
| Tier | Description | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Official documents, transcripts, court records, international body reports (UN, IAEA, ICC, ICJ), verified satellite imagery, video/photo with confirmed geolocation and timestamp, financial disclosures | Foundation of all claims |
| Tier 2 | Multiple independent outlets reporting the same fact with named sources; OSINT analysis with documented methodology; peer-reviewed academic research; leaked documents verified by 2+ outlets | Sufficient for publication |
| Tier 3 | One outlet, one named source, or anonymous source with circumstantial corroboration | Published only with label: "Single-source — awaiting corroboration" |
| Tier 4 | Anonymous claims without corroboration, unverified social media, "sources say" without attribution | Excluded from all content |
2.2 No factual claim enters the platform without Tier 2 sourcing at minimum.
2.3 Tier 3 material may appear in Claim Autopsies as the claim being examined, never as established fact.
2.4 Tier 4 material does not appear on the platform in any context.
2.5 Every source is linked. Every link is archived. If a source disappears, the archived version is cited.
2.6 This standard applies equally to all actors — allied, adversarial, or unaligned with any position.
Article 3: Content Principles
3.1 — Describe acts, not identities.
- Never: "terrorist," "freedom fighter," "regime," "moderate," "extremist"
- Always: specific descriptions of specific acts with specific dates and specific sources
3.2 — Separate fact from inference. Always. Visibly.
3.3 — Strong voice, not editorial voice.
We do not tell the reader what to think. We arrange documented facts in sequence so that the weight is felt without instruction.
3.4 — No framing by omission.
Choosing where a story "begins" is an editorial act. Parallaxin documents the full chain of documented causation, not a politically convenient starting point.
3.5 — "Code comments" for context.
Where context is needed, it is visually distinct from factual documentation — like a developer's comment in source code.
Article 4: Governance
4.1 — Evidence over authority. No individual — including the founder — may override the Evidence Standard.
4.2 — Disputes are resolved by evidence, not consensus.
Step 2: Both claims reviewed against primary sources
Step 3: If sources conflict → both documented with quality rating
Step 4: If one source clearly stronger → stronger source prevails
Step 5: If genuinely ambiguous → labeled "contested — see sources." Never resolved by vote.
4.3 All editorial decisions are public. No private channels.
4.4 A first-time contributor's evidence is weighed identically to the founder's.
Article 5: Anti-Capture
| Acceptable | Unacceptable |
|---|---|
| Distributed crowdfunding (no single source > 5%) | Foundation grants with reporting requirements |
| Infrastructure donations with zero editorial conditions | Corporate sponsorship of any kind |
| Volunteer labor | Government funding from any government |
| Free-tier hosting services | Advertising of any kind |
5.5 — Capture detection. The Git repository is the immune system. Every edit is permanently recorded. Capture cannot hide in a Git log.
Article 6: The Founder Clause
6.1 The individual who initiated this project holds no permanent authority over it.
6.2 Upon the first external contribution, the founder becomes one contributor among equals.
6.3 The founder holds no veto power, no special editing rights, no privileged access.
6.5 If the founder attempts to override this Constitution, the community's response is to fork, not to comply.
Article 7: Openness and Resilience
7.1 All code is open source (MIT License). All content is open access (CC-BY 4.0).
7.2 The complete platform is forkable at any time by anyone. No mechanism exists to prevent forking. This is by design.
7.3 If the primary instance is captured, any fork adhering to this Constitution is a legitimate continuation.
7.4 No user accounts required to read. No personal data collected. No analytics.
Article 8: Language and Access
8.1 Every human being affected by the actions of powerful actors deserves access to the documented record in their own language.
8.2 English is the initial working language. Arabic and Farsi are immediate priorities.
8.4 The technical architecture supports internationalization from day one.
Article 9: What We Are Not
- We are not a news agency. We document patterns, not breaking stories.
- We are not activists. We do not advocate for policy or regime change.
- We are not judges. We present evidence and let the record speak.
- We are not anonymous accusers. Every claim is sourced and verifiable.
- We are not combatants. Documenting a conflict is not participating in it.
Article 10: Amendment
10.1 This Constitution may be amended by evidence-based argument documented publicly.
10.2 No amendment may weaken the Evidence Standard (Article 2), Anti-Capture provisions (Article 5), or the Founder Clause (Article 6). These are immutable.
10.3 Proposed amendments require a 30-day public comment period.
This document was written before the first line of code, before the first content record. The platform belongs to this document. Not to its founder. Not to its most prolific contributor. Not to any government, because none are welcome to the table.
Parallaxin Constitution v1.0 · Committed 2026-03-05