X is already the world’s real time news layer. Deepfakes are erasing trust online and we are rapidly approaching a world where nothing posted can be believed. Open Origins tackles this by stamping photos and videos at the moment they are captured, proving their origin and authenticity using cryptographic traceability. The technology was developed out of research at Cambridge University. If this verification technology were built directly into the X app, every post could carry verifiable origin recorded on a decentralised chain. Anyone could independently check where content came from. This technology is already being used in major newsrooms to protect authentic media from deepfake manipulation. ITN, the producer behind ITV News and Channel 4 News, is using OpenOrigins to protect its archive from deepfake manipulation. The system is designed more like Bitcoin than a traditional company product. It runs as a decentralised protocol with multiple nodes, meaning the verification layer would survive even if the company disappeared. If trust in online media is collapsing, why not solve it at the protocol level? Thanks to Dr Manny Ahmed for joining @Roxom TV and discussing how this problem can be solved. @fnew