False Claims Checker
Public-Interest Claims Need Baselines Institutions regularly claim progress.
Without a clear baseline, a claim of “impact” cannot be independently verified. It becomes a statement without a measurable standard. In that gap, perception can replace reality. An organization can appear to succeed while underlying conditions remain unchanged, selectively measured, or even made worse.
False Claims Checker was built to address that gap.
Seen Something Questionable?
False Claims Checker Looks At:
The Claim
What is being asserted, promised, implied, or represented to the public?
The Baseline
What starting condition, reference point, or standard is being used to measure progress?
The Comparator
What is the claim being compared against: prior conditions, peer institutions, legal minimums, internal goals, modeled scenarios, status quo harm, or independently measurable outcomes?
The Outcome
What measurable result supports the claim?
The Method
How was the outcome measured, calculated, verified, or framed?
The Evidence
What public information supports the claim, and can that evidence be reviewed?
The Limits
What exclusions, assumptions, uncertainty, time horizons, affected populations, unresolved harms, or measurement constraints affect interpretation?
Why This Matters
False Claims Checker operates under a guiding analytical principle called the Zero Baseline framework. This framework requires claims of progress to be interpreted against conditions where rights and empowerment are protected, rather than assuming that the existing system is an adequate starting point.
Improvement measured against an unjust baseline may indicate movement, but it does not automatically establish meaningful impact.
This matters across environmental sustainability, corporate responsibility, public health, governance, development programs, and social-impact reporting.
The False Claims Checker Standard
False Claims Checker operates under a guiding analytical principle called the Zero Baseline framework. This framework requires claims of progress to be interpreted against conditions where rights and empowerment are protected, rather than assuming that the existing system is an adequate starting point.
Improvement measured against an unjust baseline may indicate movement, but it does not automatically establish meaningful impact.
This matters across environmental sustainability, corporate responsibility, public health, governance, development programs, and social-impact reporting.
Core Review Questions
What is the exact public-facing claim?
Who made the claim?
Where was the claim published?
What audience is likely to rely on it?
What baseline does the claim use or imply?
What comparator is being used?
What outcome is measurable?
What evidence is publicly available?
What method was used?
What limits, exclusions, uncertainty, or unresolved harms are disclosed?
Can the claim be independently understood based on the public record?
What False Claims Checker Does Not Do
False Claims Checker does not automatically decide that a claim is false.
It does not assume motive.
It does not require private documents.
It does not replace legal, regulatory, journalistic, academic, or institutional review.
It does not treat every incomplete claim as intentional deception.
It identifies whether a public-facing claim includes the minimum baseline disclosures needed for meaningful evaluation.
Report a Claim
If you see a public-facing claim that appears to rely on unclear, missing, shifting, or incomplete baselines, you can submit it for review.
Relevant claims may appear in annual reports, fundraising materials, sustainability statements, impact reports, advertising, public relations materials, institutional webpages, policy campaigns, academic programs, donor communications, corporate responsibility statements, public filings, grant materials, or media statements.
What to Include
Please include the public claim, the source URL or document, the institution or organization making the claim, the issue area, the affected population, the reason the baseline appears unclear or incomplete, and any public evidence that helps explain the concern.
See Something? Report It.
Public-interest claims should be understandable before they are accepted at face value.
If a claim asks for trust, it should disclose the baseline.