Labelwatch — Authority report

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Authority report

Full view of the testimony layer's authority surface. Ecosystem-level posture aggregate (top), followed by the per-effect inventory of every observed label classified by what kind of authority it attempts to exercise.

Authority surface

Binding label authority remains platform-concentrated. Official-platform labelers emit nearly all enforcement-instruction, visibility-affecting, and advisory volume in the current 7d window; third-party labelers dominate reputational, telemetry, decorative, and unknown flow. Below: event volume crossed by authority effect, labeler class, and auditability risk. Descriptive — does not infer intent or assert verdicts.

553 labelers observed; 55 emitting (7d); 2,601,000 active events in window.

Unknown = not classified into an authority-effect bucket; may reflect unmapped labels, ambiguous authority posture, or insufficient observable surface. Treat as instrumentation debt unless separately classified.

Dial counts
Labeler class
  • official platform: 1
  • third party: 552
Auditability risk
  • low auditability risk: 148
  • medium auditability risk: 335
  • high auditability risk: 70
Inference risk
  • low inference risk: 57
  • medium inference risk: 72
  • high inference risk: 424
Temporal coherence
  • low temporal coherence: 496
  • medium temporal coherence: 55
  • high temporal coherence: 2
Authority effect by labeler class (7d event volume)
authority_effect official platform third party row total
enforcement instruction 27,538 (100%) 54 (0%) 27,592
visibility affecting 141 (99%) 2 (1%) 143
advisory 8,706 (33%) 17,295 (67%) 26,001
reputational 345,546 (30%) 791,169 (70%) 1,136,715
telemetry 0 115,293 (100%) 115,293
decorative 0 5,728 (100%) 5,728
unknown 25,029 (2%) 1,264,499 (98%) 1,289,528
Authority effect by auditability risk (7d event volume)

No classified event volume is attributed to 335 medium auditability risk; 70 high auditability risk labelers in this window. This is a visibility/coverage statement, not proof of inactivity or harmlessness — high auditability risk means insufficient observable surface to classify.

authority_effect low auditability risk row total
enforcement instruction 27,592 (100%) 27,592
visibility affecting 143 (100%) 143
advisory 26,001 (100%) 26,001
reputational 1,136,715 (100%) 1,136,715
telemetry 115,293 (100%) 115,293
decorative 5,728 (100%) 5,728
unknown 1,289,528 (100%) 1,289,528

Authority-effect inventory (7d)

Observed labels grouped by what kind of authority the label, as a string, attempts to exercise. Structural classification — does not infer labeler intent. Family version: v3.

737 distinct label values across 2,601,000 active events in the window.

enforcement instruction — 1 labels, 27,592 events

Labels that instruct consumers to remove or take down content.

visibility affecting — 1 labels, 143 events

Labels that affect reach — hide from default views or gate access.

advisory — 3 labels, 26,001 events

Labels that warn the consumer without affecting visibility directly.

reputational — 30 labels, 1,136,715 events

Labels that appear to function as a reputational claim about the subject. Not an inference about labeler intent.

telemetry — 17 labels, 115,293 events

Labels that report a measured behavioral metric (counts, rates, gaps, thresholds) observed by the labeler.

decorative — 5 labels, 5,728 events

Labels that function as badges, flair, or novelty markers.

unknown — 680 labels, 1,289,528 events

Labels not classified by the current authority_effect map. Listed individually so they are not silently dropped.

(+630 more labels; full list in authority_effect_inventory.json)