Terms
Terms, the short version
FactUnion checks the facts in podcasts and videos. Our software finds each factual claim, searches published sources, and shows you what those sources say. You pay for a check, by the minute. The price is the same whatever the result. Paying never buys a better score. Only submit content you own or have permission to submit. If someone else made it, you can still check it, but the report is private to you and you may not publish it. We decide the results using our published method. You decide whether your page is public. You can appeal results for free, within 90 days (limits on /appeals). If you make a page public, every check of it stays in its history. You can take the whole page down at any time, but you cannot hide single checks or single claims. A result describes what the sources we found say, on the date we checked. It is not a judgment about anyone's honesty. It is not legal, medical or financial advice. If your content passes, you may show the FactUnion Verified badge, always with the link to its public page, and only on the exact episode or video we checked. We do not accept checks paid for by political parties, campaigns or governments.
Who runs FactUnion
FactUnion is a brand of Ostrel Software LLC, which runs this site and the FactUnion service. On this page, "FactUnion", "we" and "us" mean Ostrel Software LLC.
FactUnion checks facts. It does not make podcasts for anyone. WovenPod, a service that makes podcasts for businesses, is related to FactUnion: today both are run by Ostrel Software LLC, under the same ownership. When WovenPod sends an episode to be checked, it goes through the same method and software as anyone else's, and paying never buys a better score. A few story podcasts made by WovenPod are still published on this site until they move to WovenPod's own site. Our about page says how they are made.
Full terms
Full terms are being prepared. Until they are published, the short version above describes how FactUnion works.