Working Group on the Verification Tree

Steps of Verification

1. Provenance 2. Verify the source 3. Locate the video 4. Verify the date 5. Final check (real or fake?)

Word Bank

• Verifiability
• Corroboration
• Uncertainty
• Consistent with
• Not consistent with
• Indicates
• Proves
• Shows
• Source
• Implies
• Triangulation
• Source material
• Metadata
• Authenticate
• Integrity
• Forensics
• Big Data

Modifier Language

• May
• Suggests
• Could

Tree

cycle of verifying data is like a banyan tree

                      .    |     .     
                       \   |    /      
                   `.   \  '   /   .'  
                     `. .-*""*-. .'    
                 "*-._ /.*"  "*.\ _.-*"
                      : PROOF/   ; ____
                 """"':  TRUTH   ;     
                 _.-*" \ `.__.' / "*-._
                     .' `-.__.-' `.    
                   .'   /   .  \   `.  
                       /    |   \      
                      '     |    `     

                                                        .; Audio video documentation
                                             .         ;     *UniqueID search
                .              .              ;%     ;;      *Audio scanning and processing (does this exist?) 
                  ,           ,                :;%  %;   
                   :         ;                   :;%;'     .,   
          ,.        %;     %;            ;        %;'    ,;
            ;       ;%;  %%;        ,     %;    ;%;    ,%' Citizen/social media
             %;       %;%;      ,  ;       %;  ;%;   ,%;'    *original witness interview
              ;%;      %;        ;%;        % ;%;  ,%;'      *call for input/secondary verification sources
               `%;.     ;%;     %;'         `;%%;.%;'        *profile users
                `:;%.    ;%%. %@;        %; ;@%;%'
                   `:%;.  :;bd%;          %;@%;'
                     `@%:.  :;%.         ;@@%;'  %; Internet Traffic Data
                       `@%.  `;@%.      ;@@%;  %;       *Header info analysis
                         `@%%. `@%%    ;@@%; %;         *C2 analysis
                           ;@%. :@%%  %@@%;%;           *IP address analysis - WhoIs lookup
                             %@bd%%%bd%%:;              *reverse engineering
                               #@%%%%%:;;               *other technical forensics (sand box, etc)
                               %@@%%%::;                *Shodan/network scanning
                               %@@@%(o);  . '         
                               %@@@o%;:(.,'         
                           `.. %@@@o%::;         
                              `)@@@o%::;         
                               %@@(o)::;        
                              .%@@@@%::;         
                              ;%@@@@%::;.          
                             ;%@@@@%%:;;;. 
                         ...;%@@@@@%%:;;;;,.. -------data is relevant
                         
                           data is filtered

                                           anonymous submission
                          data is acquired: social media capture
                                           individual input