Independent Verification for the Age of Synthetic Media🔒 SSL Verified

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• ↓ Why Metadata-Based Provenance Fails
• ↓ The Forensic Integrity Protocol
• ↓ Forensic Analysis Across Three Domains
• ↓ Verify Any Content
• ↓ AFIP Certified Organizations
• ↓ Provenance Research & Analysis
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"“C2PA tells you what the creator claims. AFIP tells you what the evidence shows.”"

"Current media provenance systems rely on creators voluntarily attaching cryptographic metadata to their work. This self-labeling approach—the foundation of standards like C2PA and Content Credentials—has three structural weaknesses that no amount of adoption can resolve."

"First, metadata is routinely stripped during distribution. When a photograph is uploaded to Instagram, X, or TikTok, the platform recompresses the file and removes embedded provenance data. The content credential exists at creation and vanishes at consumption—precisely where verification matters most. AFIP research found that six of the seven largest social platforms strip all embedded provenance metadata on upload."

"Second, self-labeling proves history, not truth. A content credential attests that a specific entity claims to have created content in a specific way. It does not prove the content is authentic. The distinction between “this person says they made this” and “this content has not been synthetically generated” is the difference between a self-declaration and a forensic analysis."

Key Topics & Focus Areas for afip.org:

Why Metadata-Based Provenance Fails

The Forensic Integrity Protocol

Forensic Analysis Across Three Domains

Verify Any Content

AFIP Certified Organizations

Provenance Research & Analysis