Citizen Submission Workflow

Submission Flow

graph TD
    A[User opens app] -->|Submit News| B[Fill Form]
    B -->|Title, Description, Photos, Location| C[Submit]
    C -->|AI Pre-screening| D{Pass AI Check?}
    D -->|Yes| E[Community Review]
    D -->|Flagged| F[Request Clarification]
    F -->|User updates| C
    E -->|Min 5 votes| G{Consensus?}
    G -->|Approve| H[Expert Review]
    G -->|Reject| I[Rejected]
    H -->|Sign-off| J[Published]
    H -->|Needs work| F

Submission Form

Field	Required	Type
Title	Yes	Text (max 200 chars)
Description	Yes	Text (max 5000 chars)
Photos/Videos	No	File upload (max 5)
Location	Yes	Map picker / GPS
Incident date	Yes	Date picker
Source (optional)	No	URL
Contact (optional)	No	Phone/Email

User Verification

Before submitting, users must verify via:

1. Cloudflare Turnstile — bot detection (no captcha)
2. Phone OTP — SMS verification (optional)

Repeat submitters with good reputation can skip phone verification.

Anti-Spam Measures

• Rate limit: 3 submissions per day per user (new users)
• Rate limit: 10 submissions per day (verified users)
• Duplicate check: automated content matching
• IP + device fingerprinting for abuse detection