Digital Defense Content Provenance Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish training for public affairs, audiovisual, and records management staff on verifying the origin and history of digital media (like photos and videos) to combat forgery. It mandates a course teaching skills to identify digital content forgery risks and use industry standards for authenticating media. The bill also creates a pilot program testing these standards on DoD media released publicly via platforms like DVIDS, with a report due by 2026 assessing whether to continue it. The training and pilot directly affect DoD media specialists responsible for creating, managing, and releasing official content.