Media Authentication: Practical Image & Video Forensics

Media Authentication: Practical Image & Video Forensics

Overview

This practical session equips you with the skills to critically analyse the authenticity of images and videos encountered in eyewitness media. You'll gain hands-on experience with techniques to identify potential manipulations and AI-generated content.

Key Learning Outcomes:

  • Effectively utilise reverse image and video search engines for verification.
  • Understand how to examine metadata for signs of manipulation.
  • Identify basic indicators of AI-generated content in media.

Activities:

  • Reverse Media Search Challenge (focused): Participants will work with a selection of images and videos, applying key reverse search techniques to determine origin and identify potential manipulations.
  • Metadata Analysis Workshop (introductory): Hands-on use of a simplified tool to extract and interpret basic metadata, looking for key inconsistencies.