# Corrections Policy

Briefs are assembled automatically from other outlets' reporting, and that process makes mistakes. When it does we would rather fix them quickly than defend them. This page explains how to tell us, what we will correct, and what a corrected or withdrawn article looks like afterwards.

## How to report an error

Email [hello@indianopinion.org](mailto:hello@indianopinion.org) with the link to the article and a short description of what is wrong. The [Contact](/contact/) page carries the same address and covers rights, privacy and general enquiries. Mail reaches the person who runs the site directly. There is no form to fill in and no formal legal notice required.

If you are the outlet whose reporting we summarised, or the subject of the story, say so. Those reports go to the front of the queue.

## What gets corrected

- Anything factually wrong in a brief, including dates, numbers, names, places and job titles.

- A quote or claim attributed to the wrong person or the wrong outlet.

- A source credited incorrectly, or not credited at all.

- Analysis that misrepresents what a source actually reported, or that reads as taking a side.

- An article that should not be live at all, because the story was retracted at source, because it failed our own publishing rules, or because it causes harm that outweighs its value.

Where an error came from the source reporting rather than from our synthesis of it, we will say so plainly and link the outlet's own correction if one exists. We do not quietly inherit someone else's mistake and we do not pretend it was ours.

## How corrections are shown

We aim to acknowledge a report within 48 hours, and clear factual errors are usually fixed the same day.

Small repairs that do not change the meaning of a story, such as a misspelt name, are made in place. Where a correction materially changes what the article says, a dated correction note is added at the foot of the article stating what was wrong and what it now says. The note stays there permanently. We do not remove the evidence that we were corrected, because a correction history is the only thing that makes a corrections policy worth reading.

## Withdrawn articles

When an article is withdrawn it is taken down rather than rewritten into something else, and its address returns 410 Gone. That status means the page existed and has been deliberately removed. It is not a 404, which would suggest the address was never valid, and it is not a redirect to some other story you did not ask for. Search engines and AI systems treat 410 as a clear instruction to drop the page, which is the outcome we want when a story should not be circulating.

The same applies to articles removed in a corpus review and to the discontinued language editions.

## Takedown and right of reply

If you hold rights in reporting we have summarised and you want an article removed, email us and we will review it promptly.

If you are the subject of a story and believe the brief or the analysis is unfair, tell us. We will correct anything inaccurate, and where the disagreement is about fairness rather than fact we will consider adding your response to the article.

## Accountability

Articles are generated automatically and are not read by a person before they go live, which is exactly why this route matters. Ramakrishnan Lokanathan, the editor, is responsible for the rules the system follows and for everything it publishes, as set out in the [Masthead](/masthead/) and the [Editorial Policy](/editorial-policy/).

Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/corrections-policy/