United States of America: Digital Content Provenance Standards Act was introduced to House of Representatives

On 20 January 2026, the Digital Content Provenance Standards Act was introduced to the House of Representatives. The Act seeks to establish technical standards for embedding and preserving provenance data in digital content. The Act requires large online platforms with over 2 million monthly users to detect, display, and preserve compliant provenance data within distributed content. Furthermore, the platforms would be prohibited from stripping embedded digital signatures from the media they host. The Act aims to ensure transparency regarding the origin of digital content across the supply chain.