@techreport{bmv5xr,
  author = {Gilly, Travis},
  title = {{Discredit by Saturation: Topic Level Credibility Penalty as a Concealment Mechanism}},
  institution = {Real Safety AI Foundation},
  type = {Working Paper},
  year = {2026},
  month = aug,
  note = {Version 0.2},
  url = {https://realsafetyai.org/research/bmv5xr/},
  keywords = {topic level credibility penalty, discredit by saturation, testimonial injustice, epistemic injustice, credibility deficit, persuasion knowledge, concealment without a concealer, child sexual abuse, adjudicated record, threshold foreclosure, institutional attention, falsifiability, chilling effects}
}