Requirements Analysis for a System for Certifying Online Content

This paper investigates the requirements for a system capable to authenticate (or certify) the content that is available online. Based on an analysis of the approaches used to fight against fake news and fake online content, our proposal is based on digital signatures, and integrates several key components to fulfill the determined functional requirements. This implies that both the origin of the text (the source) and the textual online content, can be trusted by anyone that is able to verify the applied electronic signature.