public company / franchise system

McDonald's

Industry Food

A public restaurant and franchise system selling fast food at global scale, with low-wage labor exposure, franchise pressure, and nutrition concerns. McDonald's remains weak because of documented human harm, toxic or materially harmful products, and youth capture, even where the product or service has practical value.

Why this matters: The franchise model can diffuse responsibility while the brand retains system power.

Letter grade F Malignant High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Last reviewed May 6, 2026

Final Score -2* F - Malignant

FMALIGNANT-2 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material20

Bonus+0

Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2

After Cap20

Penalties-22

Private Government badge

McDonald's receives the Private Government badge because it combines large-scale private rule-setting over customers, workers, users, members, or counterparties with OpenLobby-documented lobbying of about $2.6M on public policy issues.

Evidence: [17]

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Evaluation Overview

F - Malignant

The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Policy Capture.

Strengths

Extraction3/10
Market Conduct3/5
Product Integrity3/5

Penalties

Policy Capture-7
Human Harm-4
Toxic Products-3
Youth Capture-3

Evidence state

ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessPartial (AI)
Linked claims17
Direct axis claims16
Coverage16/16

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	1 / 10	McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 12 scored entries below, 65 tied, 149 above on Ownership. Linked evidence McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. [1]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	1 / 10	McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 2 scored entries below, 68 tied, 156 above on Governance. Linked evidence context McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. [1] context NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. [2] McDonald’s investor materials show shareholder governance over a global franchise system rather than worker, franchise-worker, or customer control. [3]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	3 / 10	McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 39 scored entries below, 22 tied, 165 above on Extraction. Linked evidence context McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. [1] context NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. [2] McDonald’s franchised fast-food model extracts value through brand, real estate, supplier, and franchise systems while low-wage labor disputes and product harms remain central concerns. [4]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	2 / 7	McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 8 scored entries below, 36 tied, 182 above on Labor Sovereignty. Linked evidence context McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. [1] context NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. [2] NLRB action treating McDonald’s USA as a joint employer in franchise labor disputes shows workers faced labor-rights conflicts inside a system designed to diffuse employer responsibility. [5]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	2 / 7	McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. That keeps McDonald's low on Solidarity with the Unemployed: the model provides little protection for people who leave, are excluded, or cannot bargain from employment. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 31 scored entries below, 49 tied, 146 above on Solidarity with the Unemployed. Linked evidence context McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. [1] context NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. [2] McDonald’s offers entry-level jobs and cheap food, but the record does not show durable solidarity with unemployed people beyond low-wage market participation. [6]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	2 / 7	McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. That keeps McDonald's low on Loss-Bearing Fidelity: losses, hazards, or adjustment costs are routinely pushed onto workers, customers, suppliers, communities, or the public. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 33 scored entries below, 14 tied, 179 above on Loss-Bearing Fidelity. Linked evidence context McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. [1] context NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. [2] McDonald’s franchise labor disputes and global fast-food model show costs pushed onto low-wage workers, franchisees, public health, and the environment rather than reliably absorbed by the corporation. [7]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	3 / 5	McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. That places McDonald's in the middle of Market Conduct: the product has real value but still uses meaningful lock-in, gatekeeping, market power, or dependency. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 54 scored entries below, 51 tied, 121 above on Market Conduct. Linked evidence context McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. [1] context NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. [2] McDonald’s combines massive franchise scale, child-directed Happy Meal marketing, and low-price fast food, making market conduct depend on vulnerable consumers and workers. [8]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	3 / 5	McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. That places McDonald's in the middle of Product Integrity: the product has real use value but is compromised by incentives, monetization, lock-in, quality degradation, or risk. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 37 scored entries below, 23 tied, 166 above on Product Integrity. Linked evidence context McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. [1] context NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. [2] McDonald’s sells convenient food with real affordability value, but meat-heavy fast food, sugar-sweetened beverages, and child-directed toy marketing materially compromise the product. [9]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	3 / 5	McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. That places McDonald's in the middle of Scale Integrity: scale brings useful reach but also weakens accountability, transparency, or local constraint. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 50 scored entries below, 58 tied, 118 above on Scale Integrity. Linked evidence context McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system. [1] context NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. [2] McDonald’s global franchise scale makes labor, nutrition, child marketing, and carbon impacts systemic across markets rather than local exceptions. [10]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Human Harm ? Severity, scale, culpability, vulnerable targets, willful reoffense, reputation laundering, pattern escalation, and time decay. Range: -20 to 0.	-4	NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. That warrants a limited Human Harm penalty because ordinary operation, documented misconduct, or institutional power creates serious injury, deprivation, abuse, or foreseeable human damage. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 48 scored entries below, 3 tied, 175 above on Human Harm. Linked evidence NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute. [2]
Ecological Harm ? Footprint, trajectory, irreversibility, culpability, and scale, including whether ecological harm is central to the model and continued after credible notice. Range: -30 to 0.	-2	McDonald's publishes impact reporting for packaging, restaurant, supply-chain, and food-system footprint. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 53 scored entries below, 3 tied, 170 above on Ecological Harm. Linked evidence McDonald's publishes impact reporting for packaging, restaurant, supply-chain, and food-system footprint. [11]
Policy Capture ? Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes, enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental, healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.	-7	OpenLobby records MCDONALD'S CORPORATION lobbying on agriculture, environment, food, education, labor, tax with about $2.6M in spending across 26 filings; the reviewed filings document… OpenLobby records MCDONALD'S CORPORATION lobbying on agriculture, environment, food, education, labor, tax with about $2.6M in spending across 26 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. That warrants a substantial Policy Capture penalty because private institutional pressure is being applied to public rules while affected people cannot democratically govern that agenda. The value is substantial but not at the floor because the linked record shows serious conduct without the strongest aggravating factors on this axis. Linked evidence OpenLobby records MCDONALD'S CORPORATION lobbying on agriculture, environment, food, education, labor, tax with about $2.6M in spending across 26 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. [15]
High-Carbon Products ? Core products, services, financing, or supply chains that materially depend on fossil-fuel combustion, high-emissions transport, industrial animal agriculture, meat, dairy, or other unusually carbon-intensive activity. This is scored separately from general ecological harm so ordinary consumers can see carbon-intensive product exposure directly. Range: -10 to 0.	-2	The company sells mixed grocery, restaurant, or packaged-food products where meat, dairy, refrigerated logistics, or high-carbon ingredients are material but not necessarily the entire business model. Linked evidence McDonald's has mixed food exposure high-carbon product exposure based on its listed business model and current profile description: A public restaurant and franchise system selling fast food at global scale, with low-wage labor exposure, franchise pressure, and nutrition concerns. McDonald's remains weak because of documented human harm, toxic or ma… [16]
Toxic Products ? Current sale of products whose ordinary use, exposure, ingredients, residues, packaging, or formulation creates toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety risk. Food products receive at least light scrutiny for artificial colors, artificial flavors, petro-derived additives, pesticide residues, contaminants, endocrine-disrupting packaging, and ultra-processed formulation. Ordinary adult nightlife or alcohol service is not penalized by itself without evidence of predatory marketing, youth targeting, addiction-extractive design, or unusual product-safety misconduct. Range: -5 to 0.	-3	McDonald's currently sells a fast-food menu built around meat, dairy, fried foods, and sugar-sweetened beverages at global scale; the product category creates ordinary toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety exposure under the directory's toxic-products screen. McDonald's currently sells a fast-food menu built around meat, dairy, fried foods, and sugar-sweetened beverages at global scale; the product category creates ordinary toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety exposure under the directory's toxic-products screen. That warrants a substantial Toxic Products penalty because ordinary use, exposure, ingredients, residues, packaging, or formulation creates material toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety risk. The value is substantial but not at the floor because the linked record shows serious conduct without the strongest aggravating factors on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 9 scored entries below, 4 tied, 213 above on Toxic Products. Linked evidence McDonald's currently sells a fast-food menu built around meat, dairy, fried foods, and sugar-sweetened beverages at global scale; the product category creates ordinary toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety exposure under the directory's toxic-products screen. [12]
Youth Capture ? Manipulative youth-directed marketing, youth-data or attention monetization, collectible/add-on traps, parasocial or identity capture, surprise mechanics, or treating young people as lower-disclosure consumers. Making useful toys or welcoming children is not itself penalized. Range: -5 to 0.	-3	McDonald’s markets Happy Meals as kids’ meals that include a toy, and its corporate history treats the Happy Meal toy as a durable child-directed brand device tied to meals and entertainment properties. McDonald’s markets Happy Meals as kids’ meals that include a toy, and its corporate history treats the Happy Meal toy as a durable child-directed brand device tied to meals and entertainment properties. That warrants a substantial Youth Capture penalty because young people are treated as manipulable consumers, data sources, attention targets, or culture markets. The value is substantial but not at the floor because the linked record shows serious conduct without the strongest aggravating factors on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 7 scored entries below, 2 tied, 217 above on Youth Capture. Linked evidence McDonald’s markets Happy Meals as kids’ meals that include a toy, and its corporate history treats the Happy Meal toy as a durable child-directed brand device tied to meals and entertainment properties. [13]
Ideological Disavowal ? Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.	-1	McDonald's's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because McDonald's shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise,… McDonald's's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because McDonald's shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise, public-interest, professional, market, safety, or institutional language, but the record does not show dominant concealment of standpoint. That warrants a limited Ideological Disavowal penalty because the institution presents situated, contested choices as neutrality, expertise, inevitability, safety, or common sense. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Ideological Disavowal 0 to -3 recalibration: 0 for explicit standpoint or no penalty-level neutrality theater; -1 for bounded softening of contested choices; -2 for strong neutrality theater by a powerful institution; -3 for major gatekeeping or coercive power presented as neutral, necessary, objective, or non-ideological. Uncertainty This recalibration uses public self-presentation and profile evidence; later review should add direct language-analysis evidence for high-impact institutions. Linked evidence McDonald's's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because McDonald's shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise, public-interest, professional, market, safety, or institutional language, but the record does not show dominant concealment of standpoint. [14]

Bonus Credits

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Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

High 82/100

16 verified linked claims 16 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 16/16 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 14/20

16 verified linked claims

Source quality 16/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 14/18

16 direct claims across 16 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 10/10

16/16 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessPartial (AI)

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Claims and Sources

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* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

1McDonald's publishes investor-relations materials and operates a global franchised restaurant system.

Ownership Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 5, 2026

AI scaffold

McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%

2NLRB General Counsel authorized complaints involving McDonald's franchisees and treated McDonald's USA as a joint employer in the labor-rights dispute.

Human Harm Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 5, 2026

AI scaffold

NLRB McDonald's joint-employer complaintsPrimary public record · 100%

3McDonald’s investor materials show shareholder governance over a global franchise system rather than worker, franchise-worker, or customer control.

Governance Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
NLRB McDonald's joint-employer complaintsPrimary public record · 100%
McDonald's purpose and impactGeneral web source · 58%
McDonald's Happy MealGeneral web source · 58%

4McDonald’s franchised fast-food model extracts value through brand, real estate, supplier, and franchise systems while low-wage labor disputes and product harms remain central concerns.

Extraction Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
NLRB McDonald's joint-employer complaintsPrimary public record · 100%
McDonald's purpose and impactGeneral web source · 58%
McDonald's Happy MealGeneral web source · 58%

5NLRB action treating McDonald’s USA as a joint employer in franchise labor disputes shows workers faced labor-rights conflicts inside a system designed to diffuse employer responsibility.

Labor Sovereignty Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
NLRB McDonald's joint-employer complaintsPrimary public record · 100%
McDonald's purpose and impactGeneral web source · 58%
McDonald's Happy MealGeneral web source · 58%

6McDonald’s offers entry-level jobs and cheap food, but the record does not show durable solidarity with unemployed people beyond low-wage market participation.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
NLRB McDonald's joint-employer complaintsPrimary public record · 100%
McDonald's purpose and impactGeneral web source · 58%
McDonald's Happy MealGeneral web source · 58%

7McDonald’s franchise labor disputes and global fast-food model show costs pushed onto low-wage workers, franchisees, public health, and the environment rather than reliably absorbed by the corporation.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
NLRB McDonald's joint-employer complaintsPrimary public record · 100%
McDonald's purpose and impactGeneral web source · 58%
McDonald's Happy MealGeneral web source · 58%

8McDonald’s combines massive franchise scale, child-directed Happy Meal marketing, and low-price fast food, making market conduct depend on vulnerable consumers and workers.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
NLRB McDonald's joint-employer complaintsPrimary public record · 100%
McDonald's purpose and impactGeneral web source · 58%
McDonald's Happy MealGeneral web source · 58%

9McDonald’s sells convenient food with real affordability value, but meat-heavy fast food, sugar-sweetened beverages, and child-directed toy marketing materially compromise the product.

Product Integrity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
NLRB McDonald's joint-employer complaintsPrimary public record · 100%
McDonald's purpose and impactGeneral web source · 58%
McDonald's Happy MealGeneral web source · 58%

10McDonald’s global franchise scale makes labor, nutrition, child marketing, and carbon impacts systemic across markets rather than local exceptions.

Scale Integrity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
NLRB McDonald's joint-employer complaintsPrimary public record · 100%
McDonald's purpose and impactGeneral web source · 58%
McDonald's Happy MealGeneral web source · 58%

11McDonald's publishes impact reporting for packaging, restaurant, supply-chain, and food-system footprint.

Ecological Harm Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 5, 2026

AI scaffold

McDonald's purpose and impactGeneral web source · 58%

12McDonald's currently sells a fast-food menu built around meat, dairy, fried foods, and sugar-sweetened beverages at global scale; the product category creates ordinary toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety exposure under the directory's toxic-products screen.

Toxic Products Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 6, 2026

AI scaffold

McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
FAO livestock and environmentGeneral web source · 58%
CDC: Sugar-sweetened beverages and healthPrimary public record · 100%

13McDonald’s markets Happy Meals as kids’ meals that include a toy, and its corporate history treats the Happy Meal toy as a durable child-directed brand device tied to meals and entertainment properties.

Youth Capture Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 7, 2026

McDonald’s: Happy Meal menuGeneral web source · 58%
McDonald’s corporate: Happy Meal toys historyGeneral web source · 58%

14McDonald's's public framing is assessed as ideological-disavowal evidence because McDonald's shows bounded neutrality theater: some contested choices are softened through expertise, public-interest, professional, market, safety, or institutional language, but the record does not show dominant concealment of standpoint.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 9, 2026

AI scaffold

McDonald's official siteGeneral web source · 58%
McDonald's investor relationsOfficial self-description · 68%
NLRB McDonald's joint-employer complaintsPrimary public record · 100%

15OpenLobby records MCDONALD'S CORPORATION lobbying on agriculture, environment, food, education, labor, tax with about $2.6M in spending across 26 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role.

Policy Capture Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — MCDONALD'S CORPORATION lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

16McDonald's has mixed food exposure high-carbon product exposure based on its listed business model and current profile description: A public restaurant and franchise system selling fast food at global scale, with low-wage labor exposure, franchise pressure, and nutrition concerns. McDonald's remains weak because of documented human harm, toxic or ma…

High Carbon Products Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 11, 2026

McDonald's public siteGeneral web source · 58%
Our World in Data: Environmental Impacts of Food ProductionGeneral web source · 58%

17McDonald's receives the Private Government badge because it combines large-scale private rule-setting over customers, workers, users, members, or counterparties with OpenLobby-documented lobbying of about $2.6M on public policy issues.

Private Government Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — MCDONALD'S CORPORATION lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

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May 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC ai-scaffolding youth-capture-assessment

Added source-backed Youth Capture penalty -3 based on evidence specific to youth data, child-directed marketing, loot-box/gambling-like monetization, or youth-culture manipulation.

May 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC ai-scaffolding toxic-products-assessment

Added tentative AI-generated Toxic Products penalty -3 and directory value for current toxic, addictive, pesticide, livestock, chemical, or consumer-safety product exposure.

May 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC ai-scaffolding confidence-calibration

Rechecked evidence coverage and source quality during the evaluation-quality pass; confidence now reflects direct source coverage, complexity, and remaining uncertainty rather than score direction.

May 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC ai_scaffolding score

Published tentative AI-generated scaffolding score 14 for initial human review under gcd-rubric-v1.

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