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The use of spectrographic, waveform, and metadata tests to analyze audio recordings.
No mainstream investigative outlet is shown in the available reporting to have independently reviewed the audio files Lisa Noelle Voldeng published; Voldeng herself asserts she recorded and controls t...
News organizations confronted with viral survivor audio recordings—like the Sasha Riley tapes circulating on Substack—have combined technical forensics, traditional corroboration with records and witn...
Authenticating a viral audio recording is a multi-step forensic process that begins with intake and chain-of-custody preservation, proceeds through technical file-level and acoustic analyses to detect...
No major news organization has independently authenticated the Sasha/Sascha Riley audio recordings; outlets that have covered the story report the tapes as unverified and published primarily from a Su...
Law enforcement and forensic audio analysts authenticate alleged testimonial recordings through a layered process that combines legal foundation (witness testimony and chain-of-custody rules), laborat...
Forensic audio analysts authenticate viral recordings using a layered toolbox of technical signal analysis, device- and file-level forensics, environmental matching, and strict evidence-handling proce...