Consensus Transparency as Evidence Standard

Consensus statements on contested public‑health or cultural risks (e.g., teen social‑media harms) should publish full Delphi materials—participant roster with disciplines, all anonymized rounds, suggested citations, and decision rules—to let policymakers, journalists, and meta‑researchers audit provenance and conflict of interest before treating the statement as authoritative. — Requiring full, machine‑readable provenance for expert consensus would raise evidence quality in high‑stakes debates, reduce politicized misuse, and give lawmakers a clear basis for regulation or program design.