News Trigger Taxonomy

Artwork/prank. Creative work that draws attention to or ridicule a system and/or its governance.

Commercial investigation. In-depth investigation of a system and/or its governance by a third-party commercial entity or business supplier or partner.

Data breach/leak. An incident in which confidential, sensitive, or protected information used by, or intended to be used by a system is accessed, viewed, stolen, or disclosed without knowledge or authorisation.

FOI/public records request. A formal request for information held by public authorities about a system and/or its governance.

Legal threat/action. A legal statement or warning, or formal legal proceedings concerning a system and/or its governance by impacted users, civil society organisations, government, etc.

Legislative threat/action. A warning, investigation, enquiry or other legislative action regarding a system and/or its governance by policymakers, parliamentarians, etc.

Media investigation/fact check. In-depth analysis of a system and/or its governance by the mainstream media or fact check organisations.

NGO investigation/campaign. In-depth investigation of a system and/or its governance by civil organisation(s), non-profit(s), etc.

Patent application/approval. Application or approval of a patent owned by the organisation or individual entity designing, developing or deploying a system.

Police threat/action. A warning, investigation or other action regarding a system and/or its governance by the police policymakers, parliamentarians, etc.

Product demonstration/release/launch. The external marketing communication of a system-based product or service by its designer, developer or deployer.

Product recall. Voluntary or mandatory formal recall of a system-based product/service.

Regulatory filing. Official document or report that an organisation or individual developing or deploying a system is legally required to submit to a government agency or regulatory authority that reveals previously undisclosed damaging information. 

Regulatory threat/action. Real or potential intervention by a government or regulatory authority that could impose new rules, restrictions, penalties, or enforcement measures on the organisation or individual responsible for a system and/or its governance.

Research paper/report. Third-party academic, civil society or other research into a system and/or its governance.

Third-party audit. A formal audit or assessment of a system and/or its governance by an auditor, civil society organisation, or other expert entity.

User comments/complaints. Observations and complaints about a system and/or its governance by users, the general public, victims, etc.

White-hat hack. The ethical use of hacking skills and techniques to test the security of a computer system, network, or application.

Whistleblower complaint. A formal report by an employee to an appropriate authority about wrongdoing involving a system and/or its governance that affects the public interest.