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Tool suggestion: bildesjekk.no (Image/Video — C2PA & AI-image checks, Norwegian)

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Description

Hi! Suggesting a tool for the **Image/Video** category.

**Tool:** bildesjekk.no — https://bildesjekk.no
**Cost:** Free, no account or sign-up required
**Language:** Norwegian (interface and results)

**What it does**

A browser-based image checker aimed at ordinary users dealing with
marketplace fraud, dating scams and AI-generated images. It runs, in
priority order:

1. C2PA / Content Credentials — manifest validated cryptographically
against the official C2PA trust list
2. EXIF / IPTC metadata parsing, including the IPTC "AI-edited" field
3. A local ONNX pixel model (Community Forensics, MIT) running
client-side in the browser via onnxruntime-web
4. A vision-model pass for visual observations
5. An optional second-opinion check from an independent detector

**Why it might be of interest**

- Results are presented as separate lines of evidence in a signal
table, never as a single verdict. The tool never claims an image is
"proven authentic" and does not output calibrated percentages.
- It is deliberately tuned so that false accusations against genuine
photos weigh more heavily than missed detections, since the pixel
detectors disagree with each other often enough that neither can
carry a verdict alone.
- Uploaded images are not stored.
- Norwegian-language coverage in this category seems thin, and the
target audience is non-technical users rather than newsrooms.

**Known limitations (stated openly on the site)**

- It cannot tell whether an image is old or new — there is no reliable
signal for capture date in a re-saved file.
- Screenshots and re-compression destroy the pixel signals: JPEG
re-encoding at q75 collapsed detection on one test image from 99.9%
to roughly 4%.
- Absence of signals is not evidence of authenticity, and the site
says so directly.

I'm the developer, so treat this as a self-suggestion — happy to
answer questions or provide test images. Thanks for maintaining the
toolkit!

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reviewing the toolkit's contribution guidance and existing Image/Video entries to determine how tool suggestions are recorded. Verify the bildesjekk.no URL and the supplied Norwegian-language details against the repository's listing format; done means the tool is represented in the appropriate category with its link and limitations.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
content
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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