Lawful collection
Research is limited to lawful sources and authorised investigative activity.
The Drishti Investigation Standard
Evidence before conclusion
A structured methodology for lawful public-source investigation, source provenance, evidence preservation, transparent assessment, and defensible reporting.
Source provenance
Material findings retain traceability to where the underlying information came from.
Evidence preservation
Important source material can be preserved with retrieval context so later assessments remain auditable.
Reliability assessment
Official records, primary sources, credible reporting, and secondary material are not treated as equally authoritative.
Freshness
Information can become stale. Material findings should be assessed against when the evidence was published or retrieved.
Contradictions
Conflicting evidence is surfaced rather than silently collapsed into a convenient conclusion.
Defensible reporting
Reports identify evidence, assessment, confidence, limitations, and unresolved questions.
Assessment language
Separate evidence from reasoning
Verified Fact
Directly supported by traceable evidence.
Inference
A reasoned interpretation based on established evidence.
Hypothesis
A proposition that still requires additional evidence or testing.
Unknown
A material point that available evidence cannot presently establish.
Core principle
Search results are discovery. AI output is analysis assistance. Neither is evidence by itself.
A useful investigation must be able to show what supports an important claim, where that material came from, how current it is, and where uncertainty remains.
Boundaries
What Drishti does not do
Public-source intelligence is not a licence to intrude into private systems, accounts, or personal lives.
Unauthorised access to systems, accounts, or devices
Credential harvesting or password acquisition
Private-account intrusion
Doxxing or unnecessary exposure of personal information
Unlawful surveillance or tracking
Presenting speculation or AI-generated text as verified evidence
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