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Latest coverage from the Starling Lab.
Preserving Harvard Public Health on the Distributed Web
The Distributed Press Clone API successfully preserved a decade of Harvard Public Health journalism, preserving the entire site on IPFS and Hypercore for permanent, resilient public access.
Jan 23, 2026
Pilot Project on Making Web Preservation Easy for Investigative Journalism
Tracking the illicit flow of cars from Europe to Russia, reporters found their sanctions-evasion scheme was a red herring: a sophisticated scam targeting Russians, complete with deepfaked videos and paid actors.
Nov 22, 2025
Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders from our Brazil Coverage
Our contribution to the UN Special Rapporteur's report to the Human Rights Council
Mar 19, 2025
Time for Trusted Timestamping
Explore the importance of trusted timestamping in verifying data authenticity, integrity, and the timing of digital signatures.
Jun 3, 2024
Archiving 10,000 Web Pages of Weaponized Narratives in support of the DFRLab
Ahead of a DFRLab report studying pro-Kremlin news articles, we preserved this evidence base for later review and potential accountability. This archiving run tested the scale at which we could forensically preserve web pages.
Feb 1, 2023
Publication of our whitepaper on Best Practices for Admissibility of Web Archives
Screenshots aren't enough. Secure court-ready web evidence with verifiable metadata, hashing, and an unbreakable chain of custody.
Nov 1, 2022
Supervisory Testimony as a Novel Tool for Accountability
The testimony of a primary observer’s supervisor could help bridge the evidentiary gap. Supervisory testimony would consolidate the institutional knowledge of the chain of custody of specific pieces of digital evidence in a single person.
Jul 1, 2021






