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THE RECORD

SECTION 06

ISSUE 001

PROJECTIONpolicy6-12mconfidence / high

Anonymous Sources Need Provenance Escrow

Projection: Newsrooms and inspectors will separate authenticity from public identity by placing sensitive origin credentials in governed escrow. A reader can verify that capture and edits were checked without learning the source. This is an institutional disclosure protocol, not a new unlinkable credential scheme, and it must preserve revocation and abuse reporting.

Why this idea is here

What the evidence establishes.

C2PA supports capture and edit assertions, and NIST describes both the promise and risks of transparency systems. Governed escrow for sensitive provenance is an institutional projection, distinct from a new cryptographic credential primitive.

Source ledger

Read the sources.

  1. S01
    C2PA Technical Specification 2.4

    current technical standard / published 2026-04-01 / retrieved 2026-07-10

  2. S02
    Reducing Risks Posed by Synthetic Content

    NIST technical report / dated 2024 / retrieved 2026-07-09

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