The "Originator Profile Collaborative Innovation Partnership" (hereinafter "OP-CIP"; Chief Director: Jun Murai, Professor Emeritus and Senior Advanced Research Project Professor, Keio University) aims to realize a safe Internet space by preventing the spread of disinformation and misinformation through the development and social implementation of originator identification and tamper detection technologies. We are pleased to announce that we will be advancing the following initiatives in collaboration with Tottori Prefecture.
■ Holding a Seminar on OP for Local Governments Nationwide
- Purpose: To expand the network of local governments working on OP and provide an opportunity to learn about the technology.
- Co-Organize: Tottori Prefecture, OP-CIP
- Date: Friday, September 4, Online
- Eligible Person: Limited to local government officials
- Content:
- "What is the Originator Profile" (Tatsuya Kurosaka, Secretary-general, OP-CIP)
- "OP Initiatives in Tottori Prefecture" (Tottori Prefecture)
■ Positioning of OP Technology
In FY2026, this partnership applied for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' "Development and Demonstration Projects for Countermeasure Technologies against Dis-/Mis-information on the Internet" and was adopted for the "Development and Demonstration for the Social Implementation of 'Originator Profile,' Enabling the Identification of Content Originators and Tamper Detection".
■ What is OP Technology?
OP is a technology that makes the information verifiable identifying the originator by attaching a profile certificate using digital signature technology to each article or advertisement on the Internet. For companies such as media companies or advertisers, third-party organizations (like industry associations to which they belong) can digitally verify the existence of the organization and the fact of their membership. Because it enables the verification of not only self-certification by the originator but also confirmation by a third-party organization, it becomes easier for citizens to judge the authenticity of information. We are aiming to provide the mechanism where Internet users can directly check this reliability by displaying it on their web browsers.
■ Contact Info
For questions and inquiries regarding this press release, please contact the OP-CIP Secretariat ([email protected] ).