Can electronic evidence be used as evidence?

Legal analysis: it can be used as evidence. Audio-visual materials include audio-visual materials and video materials. Electronic data refers to information formed or stored in electronic media by means of e-mail, electronic data exchange, online chat records, blogs, Weibo, SMS, electronic signature and domain name.

Legal basis: Some provisions of the Supreme People's Court on evidence in civil proceedings.

Article 14 Electronic data include the following information and electronic documents:

(1) Information published by web pages, blogs, Weibo and other online platforms;

(2) Communication information of network application services such as short messages, e-mails, instant messaging and communication groups;

(3) User registration information, identity authentication information, electronic transaction records, communication records, login logs and other information;

(four) documents, pictures, audio, video, digital certificates, computer programs and other electronic files;

(5) Other information stored, processed and transmitted in digital form that can prove the facts of the case.

Article 15 If a party takes audio-visual materials as evidence, it shall provide the original carrier for preserving the audio-visual materials. If the parties take electronic data as evidence, they shall provide the original. A copy made by an electronic data producer that is consistent with the original, or a printed copy directly derived from electronic data or other output media that can be displayed and identified, is regarded as the original of electronic data.