---
title: "Flag candidate synthetic or altered items in a production set"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/obligations/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/flag-candidate-synthetic-or-altered-items-in-a-production-set"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A44-T1-R2"
practice_area: "Incoming evidence — deepfakes & synthetic documents"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Flag candidate synthetic or altered items in a production set

> From a permitted production, list items with missing metadata, inconsistent fonts or reuse patterns, and a sample for human review.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/obligations/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/flag-candidate-synthetic-or-altered-items-in-a-production-set  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Incoming evidence — deepfakes & synthetic documents](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From a permitted production, list items with missing metadata, inconsistent fonts or reuse patterns, and a sample for human review. |
| What the lawyer must review | Spot-check pivotal documents Treat a generated 'synthetic' flag as a question, not a finding |
| Written for / versions | 1 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Lawyer review required**

The responsible lawyer reviews the work against the instructions, sources and intended use.

- What the AI does: Define the proposed assistance and confirm its permitted scope before using an AI tool.
- What the lawyer does: Set the scope, verify the evidence, resolve exceptions and approve the final output for its intended use.
- Who reviews: Responsible lawyer with competence in the matter
- Basis: Suggested checking approach based on the task guidance. Complete the assessment for the actual tool, information and jurisdiction.
- Why: The plan reflects the described work and review requirements. Policy colours are not used to determine permission or checking.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Preserve original files and relevant metadata. Document provenance and handling, and seek forensic review where authenticity needs to be resolved.
2. Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
3. Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.

## Notes

- Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts. The checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Federal Court checklist: generative AI and evidentiary material](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/federal-court-genai-evidence-disclosure.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A checklist for evidentiary material in the Federal Court where generative AI may have been used: when the practice note requires disclosure, what that disclosure must say, and what must not be put… |
| [Production-set log for candidate synthetic or altered media](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/production-synthetic-media-log.md) | Form | Yellow | Log for marking items in a production, brief or client upload that need a lawyer's eye: missing native files, platform AI labels, inconsistent metadata, or a witness account that does not match the… |
| [NSW gate before compelled or suppressed material enters a generative AI program](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/nsw-genai-gate-compelled-material.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A gate, under Supreme Court Practice Note SC Gen 23 paragraph 9A, before subpoenaed, suppressed, or compulsion material is entered into any generative AI program, including a closed one. |
| [Response sheet: suspected non-consensual intimate deepfake](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/intimate-deepfake-response-sheet.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Internal steps when an image or video in a matter shows, or appears to show, a person in an intimate deepfake: do not copy it further, do not put it into a public AI tool, and record the eSafety and… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [United States](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/flag-candidate-synthetic-or-altered-items-in-a-production-set/united-states.md) | Yellow |

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*