Audit Trail · Article #2423155

Disinformation videos, likely from Russia, are exploiting real people to malign Senate candidates - Toronto Star

Source article ↗ · Toronto Star · outlet lean: center-left · owner: Torstar (corporate)

published 2026-10-28T00:16:35 · ingested 2026-10-27T20:34:41.648841

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -0.80 confidence: 90% vv3

The article highlights disinformation, which is often used as a tool by entities with more conservative or opposing viewpoints to spread false information and manipulate public opinion.

Trigger phrases: disinformation videoslikely from Russia

      computed at 2026-10-27T20:41:37.767797
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.326 confidence: 46% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-27T20:40:09.326282-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.326

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-27T20:41:37.767797

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-27T20:41:37.767797

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-27T20:41:37.767797

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Disinformation videos are being spread by Russia targeting Senate candidates.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-27T20:41:37.873759
      

unverified These videos appear to use real individuals as proxies.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-27T20:41:37.873759
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Disinformation videos, likely from Russia, are exploiting real people to malign Senate candidates - Toronto Star 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-27T20:34:41.653113
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 2, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (2 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 2 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-27T20:34:41.648841 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
    "band": "center",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 486
}

2026-10-27T20:40:09.326282 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
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  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
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}

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