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Proof: Cornell Snapchat messages showed Jane Doe in frat room

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T00:02:27Z","headline":"Cornell Snapchat messages showed 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

bfa877e78037078b607397575d0aaa5a853bf0ab35c6b36bc47182927e93c061

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969510, mined 2026-10-02 00:47 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-02 00:07 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 00:07 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-bfa877e78037.json prints bfa877e78037078b607397575d0aaa5a853bf0ab35c6b36bc47182927e93c061. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-bfa877e78037.json and headline-bfa877e78037.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-bfa877e78037.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.