C2PA Technical Specification, Version 1.0¶
Provenance, C. f. C., & Authenticity. (2022). C2PA Technical Specification, Version 1.0.
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3 citations across 3 artifacts.
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Domain-specific¶
- Image Decontextualization
- C2PA, the Joint Development Foundation project formed in 2021 by Adobe, Arm, the BBC, Intel, Microsoft and Truepic, defines a cryptographically signed manifest — "Content Credentials" — that binds capture time, device, and subsequent edit history to an image at the moment of creation and travels with the file, flagging any later tampering or stripping.
This sourceC2PA's specification pages, describing a Joint Development Foundation project formed by Adobe, Arm, Intel, Microsoft and Truepic whose Content Credentials standard certifies the source and edit history of media content.
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- C2PA, the Joint Development Foundation project formed in 2021 by Adobe, Arm, the BBC, Intel, Microsoft and Truepic, defines a cryptographically signed manifest — "Content Credentials" — that binds capture time, device, and subsequent edit history to an image at the moment of creation and travels with the file, flagging any later tampering or stripping.
- Manipulated Media
- Effective interventions therefore target the artifact-to-source link directly — at the point of production (cryptographic provenance signatures, C2PA content credentials), at the distribution layer (labelling, friction on unverified sharing), or at the reception layer (media literacy, counter-messaging) — not primarily the audience's general credulity
This sourceThe C2PA spec establishes only the production-layer intervention (cryptographic content-provenance credentials); it does not address distribution-layer labelling, reception-layer media literacy, or the claim about audience credulity.
Supported in partVerified against the source
- Effective interventions therefore target the artifact-to-source link directly — at the point of production (cryptographic provenance signatures, C2PA content credentials), at the distribution layer (labelling, friction on unverified sharing), or at the reception layer (media literacy, counter-messaging) — not primarily the audience's general credulity
Mechanisms¶
- Provenance Chain Review
- The image carries embedded provenance — a signed record of the capturing device, each edit, and every handling step, in the C2PA "Content Credentials" format.
This sourceDefines C2PA Content Credentials as cryptographically signed provenance manifests that can record creation and editing assertions.
- The image carries embedded provenance — a signed record of the capturing device, each edit, and every handling step, in the C2PA "Content Credentials" format.
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