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Legal Review Metadata Identifies Redacted Aurora Pictures File And Mark Frackt Custody

This screenshot from the legal review software shows metadata attached to the disclosed BuzzFeed document BuzzFeed_011973, even though the contents of the underlying document appear to have been redacted or withheld. The metadata identifies the file as Buzzfeed_Aurora_pics_hsm.pdf, lists the control number as BuzzFeed_011973, and names Mark Frackt as custodian. The document is significant because it preserves information about the existence, custody and file identity of a redacted BuzzFeed disclosure item that would otherwise be difficult to understand from the blacked-out document alone. It should be read alongside the fully redacted BuzzFeed_011971 / related disclosure pages and any underlying Aurora pictures material, because it helps reconstruct the disclosure trail where the visible contents have been removed but metadata still shows what kind of file existed and who held it.

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Part of Central European News & Mike Leidig v BuzzFeed (US Second Circuit Libel Case) – BF Case Documents

Europe Media Published 1 May 2026 at 21:09 Source: 1 November 2016

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