This tool helps you verify the authenticity and provenance of images through Content Credentials — a digital nutrition label for visual content that shows who created an image, how it was made, and what changes were made along the way.

What are Content Credentials?

Content Credentials are an open standard developed by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA). They embed tamper-evident metadata into images to combat misinformation and ensure proper attribution for creators.

Why This Matters

With AI-generated images and deepfakes becoming more common, it is getting harder to tell what is real at a glance. Tools like this help you quickly check provenance before you trust, share, or publish an image. For context, see this MIT Technology Review report about the problem we're up against.

How to Use

• Drop any image onto the viewer to inspect its Content Credentials
• View the provenance history to see editing steps and tools used
• Check technical metadata like camera settings and location data
• Verify the authenticity of images before sharing

Privacy note: Metadata extraction is securely processed on the server. Images are immediately deleted thereafter. No data is stored or retained.

About the Creator

This tool was built by Mahesh Shantaram, a documentary photographer and data scientist based in Bangalore, India. Mahesh is passionate about digital authenticity and combating misinformation. For more, visit thecontrarian.in.

For technical details, visit this app's GitHub repo.