C2PA text manifests
Articles carry publisher identity and publication time inside the text itself, so proof of origin travels through syndication and copy-paste distribution.
C2PA for News Publishers
How news publishers use the C2PA standard to prove who published an article and when, survive syndication, and build licensing leverage.
The problem
Why newsrooms need provenance
Your reporting is scraped, paraphrased, and republished within minutes of going live, and readers cannot tell your original from a synthetic copy. Meanwhile AI systems ingest your archive with no record that the content carried ownership metadata. Without provenance, both reader trust and licensing leverage erode.
What you get
What C2PA gives news publishers
The c2pa.actions assertion
Corrections and updates are recorded as signed actions, so readers and platforms can tell an editorial revision from third-party tampering.
Trust List signing with timestamps
Signatures chain to certificates on the official C2PA Trust Lists with independent timestamps, giving wire partners and platforms a standards-based way to verify your copy.
Standards-based proof
The official C2PA Conforming Products List records Encypher as a conformant generator product at assurance Level 1, with generation and validation coverage across 20 media types (conformance dated May 26, 2026). Encypher's claim-signing and timestamp authorities appear on the official C2PA Trust Lists. That matters when platforms and syndication partners decide which provenance signals to trust.
Go deeper
See it on your own content
Every article ships with cryptographic proof of who published it and when.