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Video metadata analysis

The process of analyzing video metadata to determine authenticity and detect edits.

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Jan 6, 2026
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How to verify the provenance of a Rachel Maddow clip using metadata and timestamps?

Verifying the provenance of a Rachel Maddow clip comes down to three practical moves: trace the clip back to a primary source (network broadcast files or an authenticated upload), interrogate embedded...

Jan 26, 2026

How do AI-manipulated videos of public figures get produced and detected?

of public figures are produced along a spectrum from simple edits to fully synthetic, multi-modal fabrications, using pipelines like , , and ; detection combines human scrutiny with automated detector...

Jan 6, 2026

is this video AI generated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb5TBfEJk6g&list=TLPQMDYwMTIwMjafcPuVt9G5MA&index=3

The evidence in the supplied reporting does not allow a definitive determination that the YouTube link is AI-generated; none of the sources reviewed inspected that specific video, they describe tools ...

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