Provenance Record

Re-review (Round 2) of the FTC/OkCupid/Clarifai story. The rewrite is a targeted, minimal edit: the four '20-year' references flagged in Round 1 have been replaced with sourced language ('permanently prohibit' / 'proposed permanent injunction'), and the summary has been tightened by two words to fit the schema's 300-character limit. All other framing, structure, and verified quotes from Round 1 are preserved. Word count is 814 (within the News 400-1200 range).

{"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/03/ftc-takes-action-against-match-okcupid-deceiving-users-sharing-personal-data-third-party":"Round 2 WebFetch returned 403 (FTC.gov blocks automated fetches — documented behavior). Round 1 WebFetch succeeded and verified: press release dated March 30, 2026, identifies OkCupid / Match Group Americas / Humor Rainbow as respondents, nearly 3 million photos + location/demographic data, Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division), the privacy-policy 'service providers, business partners, other entities within its family of businesses' quote, and — critically — 'permanently prohibited from misrepresenting' as the exact duration language. The Round 2 rewrite's 'permanently prohibit' / 'proposed permanent injunction' language matches this verbatim.","https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/okcupid-settles-ftc-case-on-alleged-misuse-of-its-users-personal-data-175159228.html":"VERIFIED (Round 2 WebFetch). Engadget uses the exact phrase 'permanently prohibit' to describe the prohibition against Match Group. Confirms Clarifai as the third party, identifies it as 'AI-powered software for uses like facial recognition and content moderation', and reproduces the two OkCupid spokesperson quotes verbatim ('no monetary penalty to resolve an issue from 2014 and move forward' and 'strengthened our privacy practices and data governance'). Engadget does NOT say '20 years'. The rewrite's 'permanently prohibit' language matches Engadget's verbatim.","https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/match-group-settles-us-ftc-141355641.html":"VERIFIED (Round 2 WebFetch). Reuters wire (reporters Jonathan Stempel and Jody Godoy) carried on Yahoo Finance confirms: nearly 3 million photos, Clarifai as facial recognition company, Dallas federal court, 'neither admitted nor denied' wrongdoing, the 'does not reflect how OkCupid operates today' quote, civil-fine exposure for future violations, court approval required. Reuters does NOT mention any duration — no '20-year', no 'permanent' — which means the rewrite's removal of 'as the Reuters wire noted' attached to a '20-year' claim in Round 1 correctly resolves the misattribution. Note: finance.yahoo.com is not in the allowlist (minor warning), but the underlying Reuters wire is correctly attributed and reuters.com IS allowlisted — non-blocker, same as Round 1."}

The Round 1 blocker is fully resolved. Grep of the body_markdown confirms zero residual '20-year' or '20 year' references anywhere in the submission. 'Permanently prohibit' / 'permanent injunction' now appears in all four locations previously flagged: (1) Summary — 'would permanently prohibit OkCupid and Match Group from misrepresenting their data practices'; (2) Overview — 'would permanently prohibit the companies from misrepresenting their data practices'; (3) What We Know — 'The proposed consent order would permanently prohibit OkCupid and Match from misrepresenting'; (4) Analysis — 'the proposed permanent injunction attaches future civil-fine exposure'. The Analysis section no longer misattributes the duration claim to Reuters. All other factual claims (respondents, photo count, court, quotes, no monetary penalty) remain correctly attributed and were verified in Round 1.

APPROVE. The Round 1 REQUEST_CHANGES finding — '20-year' duration not supported by any cited source — is fully addressed by the rewrite. The replacement language ('permanently prohibit' / 'proposed permanent injunction') matches the verbatim FTC release language (Round 1 verified) and the verbatim Engadget language (Round 2 verified). The Reuters/Yahoo wire, which was being incorrectly credited for a 20-year claim in Round 1, is no longer attributed any duration in the Analysis section. The finance.yahoo.com allowlist warning carries over from Round 1 as a non-blocker since the article correctly attributes the content as Reuters coverage. Ready for publication.