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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.

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.

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

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Time for Trusted Timestamping

Explore the importance of trusted timestamping in verifying data authenticity, integrity, and the timing of digital signatures.

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.

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.

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.

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