Title: The authenticity of digital evidence in criminal courts: a comparative study

Authors: Abdullah Alkhseilat; Tareq Al-Billeh; Mohammed Albazi; Naser Al Ali

Addresses: Faculty of Law, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan; MEU Research Unit, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan ' Faculty of Law, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan ' Faculty of Law, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan ' Department of Maritime and International Law, Russian University of Transport, Moscow, Russia

Abstract: Scientific progress has a significant impact on both reality and the law that applies to it. As the ICT system has positive points that are considered an added value to it, it made it easier for people to perform their tasks and facilitate interpersonal communication for individuals, saved effort and money, and reduced the time needed to accomplish part of the duties. However, at the same time, it has become a means of committing offences and a fertile space for the existence of offence, to the extent that offence in our current era has become the result of intermarriage between human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Thus, the issue of proving cybercrimes requires a deep exploration in the notion of the authenticity of audio evidence obtained from electronic searches, as well as the process of eavesdropping and recording phone calls, and the use of expert and inspection procedures in criminal lawsuits and its impact on proof before the criminal courts.

Keywords: criminal courts; digital evidence; cybercrime; communication; criminal lawsuits; artificial intelligence.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESDF.2024.142010

International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, 2024 Vol.16 No.6, pp.720 - 738

Received: 20 Apr 2023
Accepted: 03 Jul 2023
Published online: 07 Oct 2024 *

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