What is Starling Lab's mission and approach to data integrity?
Starling Lab, founded over half a decade ago, focuses on the lifecycle of information through capture, store, and verify stages to ensure authenticity and integrity of digital records. Their work spans journalism, law, and history, using cryptography and decentralized systems to establish trust in digital content.
How does Starling Lab's technology impact elections and the news media industry?
Starling Lab's technologies, such as Web recorder and cryptographic hashing, play a crucial role in authenticating and preserving digital content related to elections. These tools help combat misinformation by ensuring the reliability of media assets, including photographs and videos, thus supporting the integrity of electoral processes and the news media industry.
An example of a use case that demonstrates Starling Lab's impact?
One notable project involved preserving Holocaust testimonies, capturing and securely storing several petabytes of video testimony. This use case underscores the importance of Starling Lab's work in preserving historical records and preventing denialism by maintaining access to authentic firsthand witness accounts.
How does Starling Lab utilize blockchain and C2PA standards?
Starling Lab employs both blockchain technology and the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) standards to secure digital content. While blockchain provides an immutable record of digital assets, C2PA standards ensure embedded authenticity metadata. This dual approach caters to diverse use cases and addresses the challenges of preserving digital content's integrity over time.
What future collaborations between Starling Lab and Numbers Protocol are anticipated?
Future collaborations aim to enhance user experience in verifying digital content and expand upon technologies for capturing digital media. Focusing on challenges like video authenticity, Starling Lab and Numbers Protocol continue to explore innovative solutions to ensure the long-term integrity and accessibility of digital records across various fields.
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