Evidence-backed facts
- A C2PA Content Credential is a cryptographically bound manifest containing signed assertions about an asset's origin, modifications, and other provenance information. informative
- C2PA validation can establish that provenance is associated with the asset, well formed, signer-linked under a trust model, and free from tampering; it does not establish that the content or every assertion is true, accurate, or factual. informative
- C2PA provenance can be incomplete and metadata can be removed, so a verifier should record which manifest and bindings were checked instead of assuming a complete asset history. informative
- The absence of Content Credentials is not proof that media is untrustworthy, and the core specification focuses on content provenance rather than directly establishing a human or organizational identity. informative