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Editorial standards
How Covert Horizon chooses its sources, what is automated, what a person reviews, and how we correct mistakes.
How sources are chosen
- Established news organisations, specialist defence publications, research institutes, and official government and military channels.
- A spread of countries and regions, so readers can see how different sides describe the same events. Official channels are labelled, so readers know when they are reading a government's own account.
- We don't carry state propaganda outlets or anonymous accounts.
- The full list of sources is public on the home page.
What is automated
Headlines and short summaries are collected automatically from publishers' public feeds and sorted by topic, region and weapon system. Reports of the same event from different outlets are grouped together, and stories in other languages are machine-translated. Every story links to the original publisher, and all reporting and photos belong to them.
The Tension Index, the flashpoint readings, Conflict Watch and significance scores are automated indicators worked out from the news. They are not official assessments.
What a person reviews
The Daily Brief is drafted with AI from the linked reports, then checked against those reports, edited and approved by the editor before it is published. Nothing in the Daily Brief is published without that review. The background text on each flashpoint page is written and reviewed by the editor.
Corrections
If we get something wrong, we fix it as quickly as possible and note the correction on the page. To report an error, email coverthorizon@agentmail.to.
Independence
Covert Horizon is independent and is not affiliated with any government, armed force, political party or defence company. The site is supported by advertising; advertisers have no influence over which stories appear.
Last updated October 2026.