Emergency management needs wording from an X post that residents say was deleted after a storm warning. What counts as evidence in the OSINT report?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Memory is a fuzzy photocopy. If the post is gone, the report needs a dated capture or archive with a source, not "pretty sure it said." Agreement in a rumor thread is still not the artifact.
Full Explanation
Deleted social posts require a sourced capture or archive, including retrieval date and origin, before they support a civic finding. Staff recollection and crowd consensus are not substitutes for the public artifact. Asking an author to recreate text produces a new document, not the original post. OSINT reports cite what was collected, not what people remember.