Annex
In order to provide a better understanding of the process of digital verification, an
example verification is conducted in this Annex. The content which was used for this
example can be found here.
1 Introduction
This report outlines a step by step analysis of a video depicting a protest. The military used
force to dispel protestors. The analysis below consists of the following four parts: verifying
the account, analyzing the content of the video, locating where the video was recorded, and
determining the time of capture of the video.
2 Assessing the source and verifying the account
This step is discussed in greater detail in Section 2 above. The questions to be answered are:
When was the account or profile created and how frequently do they post content?
Is it a ‘verified’ account?
How often is their content viewed?
How much content has been posted on the specific topic you are researching?
What type of content is typically posted by this user?
Does their bio or ‘About’ section contain any useful information, relevant to the
research?
Can you find/identify the person on other platforms, i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter,
YouTube, etc.?
Keep in mind that the person uploading the video may not have been the person that
actually captured the video. The original source could be someone else. In order to answer
every question on this piece of content and its account, the following steps should be taken:
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