The Truth Engine: A Transparency Manifesto

This manifesto outlines the foundational design of The Truth Engine — a decentralized, transparency-first system built to expose narrative drift, manipulation, and epistemic corruption across media, AI systems, and political discourse. Grounded in behavioral coherence analysis and identity tracking, it proposes a modular, open-source infrastructure powered by small local AI models and blockchain-backed logging. The manifesto includes implementation scenarios, alignment protocols, and a proposed verification method based on contradiction detection rather than top-down truth declaration. Its primary aim is to empower users with agency and clarity in the face of algorithmic obfuscation.