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A screenshot is not verifiable. You can take a screenshot of my Tweet but that is not proof that I tweeted it, unless it's captured and verified by a screenshotting service that has a solid reputation for integrity.



In an important sense, a screenshot is not deniable either. Nor a digital camera photo, or a Polaroid, or a photocopy...

You could just make a phone call...


I completely agree, but screenshots of Tweets are always floating around places like Reddit and even Twitter itself. Not enough people have been knowingly caught out for them to be immediately considered potentially fake yet I guess.




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