DKP-5-INFO-001

Information & Truth Protocol

0. Preamble

DKP-5-INFO-001 defines how Dikenocracy handles information, factual truth, and systemic falsehood.

This protocol does not regulate opinions, beliefs, interpretations, or meanings. It regulates verifiable factual claims and their systemic impact.

Where DKP-0-ORACLE-001 establishes Physical Truth, DKP-5-INFO-001 governs how informational acts interact with that truth.

This protocol exists to prevent:

systemic disinformation,

large-scale manipulation of perception,

erosion of Physical Truth through repetition of false claims,

weaponization of information against system stability.

Information governance under DKP is descriptive and non-coercive.

1. Purpose

The purpose of DKP-5-INFO-001 is to:

distinguish factual claims from opinion and interpretation,

define disinformation in PTL-anchored terms,

identify systemic lies as measurable system-level harm,

establish non-ideological informational responses,

preserve informational freedom without compromising Physical Truth.

This protocol does not seek consensus. It seeks correspondence with reality.

2. System Position

DKP-5-INFO-001 operates:

Downstream of:

DKP-0-ORACLE-001 (Physical Truth Layer),

DKP-1-AXIOMS-001,

DKP-5-HABITAT-001,

DKP-5-TRANSPORT-001.

Upstream of:

DKP-5-EDU-001,

DKP-5-CULTURE-001.

Constrained by:

DKP-7-SCOPE-001,

DKP-8-SIMULATION-001.

This protocol SHALL NOT:

evaluate ideology, belief, or artistic expression,

enforce cognitive conformity,

mandate acceptance of verified claims,

activate enforcement without valid L8 calibration.

3. Definitions

Information Act Any intentional transmission of a claim presented as factual.

Factual Claim A statement asserting correspondence with physical reality and thus verifiable via PTL.

Opinion A non-verifiable subjective position, interpretation, or value judgment.

Disinformation The dissemination of factual claims demonstrably inconsistent with PTL-confirmed reality.

Systemic Lie A persistent pattern of disinformation that measurably degrades system stability, safety, or Physical Truth coherence.

4. Classification of Information

Information acts are classified as:

I0 — Non-Factual Expression Opinion, belief, satire, art, metaphor, speculation.

I1 — Unverified Claim Factual claim pending PTL verification.

I2 — Verified Claim PTL-consistent factual claim.

I3 — False Claim PTL-inconsistent factual claim.

I4 — Systemic Disinformation Persistent I3 with measurable systemic impact.

Only I2–I4 are subject to systemic evaluation.

5. Truth Determination

Truth status is determined exclusively by:

PTL outputs,

reproducible measurements,

cross-oracle consensus thresholds.

Truth SHALL NOT be determined by:

popularity,

authority,

repetition,

institutional endorsement,

social consensus.

Disputed claims remain I1 until PTL resolution or TTL expiry.

6. Temporal Resolution Rules (Mandatory)

To prevent indefinite suspension of unverified claims:

6.1 Temporal Transition

An I1 claim SHALL transition according to L8-calibrated temporal thresholds:

I1 + time ≤ T₁ → remains I1,

I1 + time > T₁ and PTL inconclusive → downgraded to informational annotation,

I1 + time > T₂ and PTL inconsistency emerges → reclassified as I3.

Values of T₁ and T₂ SHALL NOT be defined in this protocol and MUST be calibrated under DKP-8-SIMULATION-001.

6.2 Non-Blocking Rule

Unresolved I1 claims SHALL NOT:

block unrelated system operations,

suspend non-dependent protocols,

trigger enforcement.

I1 is informational unless escalated by PTL-confirmed impact.

7. Systemic Impact Assessment

A false claim escalates to Systemic Lie (I4) when:

repetition exceeds L8-calibrated propagation thresholds,

measurable harm to safety, infrastructure, or life occurs,

PTL coherence is degraded,

cascading misallocation of resources is triggered.

Impact assessment relies on:

PTL indicators,

downstream protocol disturbances,

measurable deviation from admissible system states.

8. Permitted Responses

Upon identification of I3 or I4 events, the system MAY:

attach PTL-anchored correction markers,

reduce algorithmic amplification of false claims,

trigger informational remediation channels,

flag systemic risk patterns for audit.

Informational Arbitration (Non-Removal Principle)

In the case of I4, the system SHALL NOT remove, erase, or delete informational records.

Instead, the system SHALL apply informational arbitration by annotation:

the original claim remains visible and preserved,

a PTL-anchored annotation is attached,

the annotation specifies:

nature of PTL inconsistency,

relevant oracle classes or node ranges,

quantified probability of correspondence with physical reality,

timestamped verification reference.

Annotations are informational disclosures, not enforcement actions.

Annotations SHALL NOT:

alter legal status,

impose penalties,

modify rights or obligations.

This mechanism:

preserves historical continuity for DKP-8-AUDIT-001,

prevents retroactive erasure of evidence,

prevents transformation of DKP into a censorship system.

The system SHALL NOT:

suppress opinions or beliefs,

enforce belief correction,

penalize individuals for isolated I3 events absent systemic impact.

9. Activation Gate (Mandatory)

DKP-5-INFO-001 is NON-ENFORCEABLE unless:

a valid L8 Calibration Bundle exists for:

propagation thresholds,

temporal transition parameters,

systemic impact metrics,

confidence bounds and validity windows are defined.

Absent a valid L8 bundle:

classifications above I1 are informational only,

no systemic remediation or escalation may be triggered.

Manual interpretation of truth status is explicitly prohibited.

10. Prohibited Actions

The system SHALL NOT:

criminalize false belief,

censor artistic or cultural expression,

mandate acceptance of verified claims,

perform psychological or ideological conditioning,

convert informational annotations into coercive enforcement.

Truth exposure is informational, not coercive.

11. Anti-Gaming and Abuse Prevention

Attempts to:

game verification thresholds,

exploit ambiguity to propagate falsehoods,

deliberately overload PTL with spurious claims,

manipulate propagation metrics,

are classified as systemic abuse and escalated to DKP-8-AUDIT-001.

12. Transparency and Verification

All truth classifications:

MUST be auditable,

MUST expose verification paths,

MAY be aggregated to protect privacy,

SHALL be reproducible by independent nodes.

Verification, not persuasion, is the basis of legitimacy.

13. Scope Limitations

DKP-5-INFO-001 SHALL NOT:

optimize narratives,

enforce social harmony,

resolve philosophical disputes,

adjudicate moral truth.

Its jurisdiction ends at factual correspondence with physical reality.

14. Finality Clause

Once frozen:

any modification requires a new protocol identifier,

mandatory simulation under DKP-8-SIMULATION-001,

explicit compatibility declaration with DKP-7-SCOPE-001.

Protocol Hash (SHA-256): [to be inserted at freeze]