Clear answers about discovery, monitoring and evidence.

No. Search and monitoring return investigative leads, not verdicts. A defensible assessment requires source review, competing evidence, context and an accountable human decision.

It searches the tenant's existing workspace records and, when internet discovery is enabled, uses a configured search provider to retrieve relevant public web results. Returned information can include the title, URL, domain, snippet, search position and an available publication date.

No. Coverage depends on what the configured provider has indexed and what the NewsForensics server can reach publicly. A search result is a lead requiring review, not a complete record of everything published online.

A verified workspace can create a subject for a brand, person, claim, URL or topic. It can be checked manually or according to a priority, daily or weekly cadence. New source leads enter a private review queue.

NewsForensics normalises each result URL and stores a cryptographic URL fingerprint. For each monitoring subject it records first seen, last seen and the number of repeat appearances. Different URLs containing similar text are not automatically treated as the same story in the current release.

The server safely retrieves a supported public source and stores a compressed snapshot. It records the source and final URLs, capture time, HTTP status, content type, size and SHA-256 fingerprints for the content and response headers. The evidence can then be assigned to a case.

Public HTML, plain text, PDF, JSON and XML sources are supported within configured size and time limits. Private network addresses and non-standard ports are blocked. Login-protected, paywalled, deleted or heavily scripted pages may not be capturable.

No. Publication dates and first-seen records can help an investigator build a timeline, but they do not prove who created a claim first. Earlier, deleted, private or unindexed material may exist and must be considered during human review.

The current release reliably identifies repeated normalised URLs. Automated similarity clustering across different URLs, rewrites, translations and recycled media is not yet a guaranteed capability and should not be assumed without manual comparison.

Not comprehensively. Publicly indexed pages may appear in web discovery, but private accounts, closed groups and platforms requiring specialised or authenticated access are outside standard open-web coverage.

It helps show whether the captured bytes still match the snapshot stored by NewsForensics. It does not by itself prove that the publisher's statement was true or false, identify an author, establish intent or replace independent legal evidence procedures.

The preserved snapshot and its capture metadata remain connected to the evidence record, subject to the workspace's retention policy. This lets a reviewer compare the retained material with the current public page where it remains available.

No. Workspace searches, monitoring subjects, cases and evidence are tenant-scoped. An unreviewed search does not create a public or indexable accusation or assessment.

No plan guarantees removal, de-indexing, ranking changes or identification of an anonymous author. The platform helps preserve evidence and coordinate a cited, accountable response.

A guest can make a limited number of searches against existing reviewed claims. A guest search does not start internet monitoring, launch a private investigation or create a public page.

No. It is an experimental investigation-support platform built around transparent limits, evidence preservation, corrections and human accountability.

It compares preserved content with its fingerprint. It does not establish that a claim is true, that a source is authentic, or who first published it. An analyst and an independent reviewer still assess the evidence and uncertainty.

The ZIP contains a readable START-HERE guide, a manifest, fingerprints, custody history and saved files or captures that passed export checks. Missing or failed content is listed and withheld. A metadata-only reference contains no original page or file.

Direct source capture uses the capture service independently of internet discovery. It still requires an active workspace, suitable permissions and server support. Private URLs, login walls or unsupported content may prevent capture.

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