Identify the Original Publisher and Date — Identify the Original Publisher and Date

Digital provenance frameworks, such as the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) technical specification, provide mechanisms to trace the origin of media.

These specifications define how manifests, assertions, and time-stamps can be embedded into file formats to confirm when and by whom an asset was created. Utilizing these secure metadata standards helps verify the original timeline of an image before circulating claims about an individual's appearance.