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Proof: Cornell Snapchat messages included picture of Jane Doe in frat room

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-01T22:32:28Z","headline":"Cornell Snapchat messages included picture of Jane Doe in frat room","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"cnn","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/01/us/cornell-jane-doe-rape-investigation","v":1}

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SHA-256

5a6be0354ce90d7c4913fb7a49eac26b5d1f491317f9c1439bad3a288b21880f

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969499, mined 2026-10-01 22:59 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-01 22:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 19:38 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-5a6be0354ce9.json prints 5a6be0354ce90d7c4913fb7a49eac26b5d1f491317f9c1439bad3a288b21880f. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-5a6be0354ce9.json and headline-5a6be0354ce9.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-5a6be0354ce9.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.