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2024-08-12 00:06:05 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

While this is a legitimate digital forensics method of detecting manipulated material, it’s unlikely to work with content posted to most social media platforms due to image compression. OP confirms this in a reply to another user, a photo pulled from X fails the test. https://twitter.com/deedydas/status/1822674627384222007 https://belkasoft.com/detecting-forged-images https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossy_compression

Written by 41D51274209E497A6924538967F8BD3389965B1E2BC04EE36B29954F785D6113
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• classification - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING
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• misleadingMissingImportantContext - 1
• misleadingUnverifiedClaimAsFact - 0
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• notMisleadingFactuallyCorrect - 0
• notMisleadingOutdatedButNotWhenWritten - 0
• notMisleadingClearlySatire - 0
• notMisleadingPersonalOpinion - 0
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• summary
• While this is a legitimate digital forensics method of detecting manipulated material, it’s unlikely to work with content posted to most social media platforms due to image compression. OP confirms this in a reply to another user, a photo pulled from X fails the test. https://twitter.com/deedydas/status/1822674627384222007 https://belkasoft.com/detecting-forged-images https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossy_compression