Click “Deep Reals” of authenticated photos and videos, are now linked to political identities, giving voters the confidence to trust content from politicians online and on social media platforms.

Click, a groundbreaking mobile app that fights misinformation by making it simple to capture and publish authenticated content, powered by the Nodle Network, has partnered with Campaign Verify. Campaign Verify is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization that provides identity verification services for U.S. political campaigns, parties, and PACs. Together, they offer an innovative end-to-end solution that pairs verified political identities with trustworthy content from these verified politicians. The trusted content, referred to as "Deep Reals," includes photos and videos accompanied by immutable digital proofs of authenticity, ensuring that they can be confidently shared across all social media platforms and messaging apps. The Click camera app is currently available for download on both iOS or Android, and all content captured with Click can be accessed through the app and on our website at clickapp.com.

This year, as over 50 countries are holding elections and more than 2 billion people worldwide head to the polls, we anticipate a surge in stories about political misinformation and disinformation. These issues were highlighted as significant public concerns during the recent U.S. presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. We’ve already seen deepfakes of Vice President Kamala Harris arise, since Joe Biden dropped out of the race. In response, Campaign Verify and Click have joined forces to bring more truthful content to the forefront this election season, ensuring that voters have access to accurate information.

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How does it work?

With the U.S. election season officially underway, Click and Campaign Verify offer a novel approach to fact-checking political content by integrating their complementary services. Click and Campaign Verify are leveraging a new authorization token integration that securely links a politician's identity to a Click account (or wallet). This allows audiences to trust the content, or "Deep Reals," posted by politicians, ensuring that the identity and content are genuine and not impersonated, edited, or AI-generated. Campaign Verify Authorization Tokens act as credentials that prevent political campaigns from spreading disinformation and spoofing. They enhance campaigns' ability to reach voters and supporters while helping to maintain trust in U.S. political discourse and elections. Once Campaign Verify approves a political identity verification request, the political entity can generate an authorization token, which can be used by partners and services like Click. Politicians then authenticate their photos and videos by signing them through Click’s digital trust network on ZKsync, ensuring the authenticity of their content for supporters and the general public.

“We envision a future where misinformation is significantly reduced, particularly during elections. By equipping voters with tools to verify the authenticity of digital content, we can empower them to make informed decisions based on accurate and reliable information. This partnership creates an unprecedented level of transparency and trust for political content on social media,” says Micha Benoliel, CEO and co-founder of Intergalactic Labs, the team behind Click and Nodle.

“Through Campaign Verify's partnership with the Click app, we're thrilled that political campaigns can now create signed media content with the reassurance that the politician's identity has been vetted by Campaign Verify, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. Since Campaign Verify's launch in July 2021, Campaign Verify has helped 16,500 U.S. political campaigns and committees verify their digital identity and fight against spoofing,” said Anna Quint, Executive Director of Campaign Verify.

Click features that make this partnership possible:

• Proof of Provenance: Each piece of content captured through Click is cryptographically signed and stored on-chain via ZKsync, the leading Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain, ensuring its authenticity and source.

• Content Certification: Click supports the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) and is a member of the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI)

• Accessibility: Click is available on both iOS and Android plus at clickapp.com. Click enables anyone with a smartphone to join our network and contribute to a more truthful digital landscape.

The Click app is currently available for download on both iOS or Android, and all content captured with Click can be accessed via the app and on our website at clickapp.com. We’ve also launched a new “Elections 2024” content channel where users can sign their election-related content.

Thanks for reading and please vote this election season!

About Click:

Click is a new mobile app empowering everyone to easily create authentic media content. Click is on a mission to combat misinformation and bring truthful photos and videos aka “Deep Reals” to everyone via immutable digital proofs of authenticity. With Click, you can confirm content is real and happened at a specific location, time and via a specific mobile device and camera. This is all made possible by ContentSign, Click's proprietary technology which proves the integrity of data from its moment of capture on-chain. Click is built on ZKsync, the leading Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain and is powered by the Nodle DePIN. Click supports the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) and is a member of the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI). Download Click on iOS or Android and visit us at clickapp.com to learn more and see recent press coverage.

About Campaign Verify:

Campaign Verify™ is a non-partisan, nonprofit service for U.S. political campaigns, parties, and PACs to verify their identity. Campaign Verify was founded in 2020 with a mission to "provide a public service on a non-partisan basis to verify the integrity and authenticity of text message and other communications related to political campaigns and elections in order to educate the public, ensure public confidence in American elections, and protect political and civic rights in the election system." Campaign Verify envisions a digital landscape where essential information reaches U.S. citizens, disinformation is substantially decreased, and the public restores trust in political and educational digital discourse. Campaign Verify is a member of the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) and the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA). C2PA addresses the prevalence of misleading information online through the development of technical standards for certifying the source and history of media content.