Can the chat record of a social software be used as evidence?

In this era of information flow explosion, smart phones have brought people closer. We access all kinds of social software every day, and electronic evidence is used more and more frequently! In many disputes, many parties will take some chat screenshots, transfer records and text messages as evidence. So are social software records valid electronic data evidence?

If it is to be used as strong evidence in court, certain conditions must be met to realize the effectiveness of the evidence. The party who takes the chat record as evidence should also provide authentication materials issued by authoritative departments such as notarial certificate to prove the integrity of the chat record and prove that it is indeed the person involved, otherwise it will be difficult for the court to judge the case through a single chat record.

On the one hand, social software is not a real-name registration system, and the party who provides evidence on the identification of users must also provide evidence to prove that the other party chatting at that time is a party to this case; On the other hand, as a convenient and quick chat tool such as social software, it is necessary to show the original mobile phone and ensure that the parties have not deleted some chat content during the chat. Only by ensuring the integrity of the chat content can we determine the real intention of the chat.

Therefore, we should pay attention to the following legal issues when saving online chat records and mobile phone short messages: online chat and mobile phone short message records must have objective authenticity, legitimacy and relevance of litigation evidence.

Can social software records be effective electronic data evidence? To sum up, whether social software records can be used as electronic evidence depends on whether the relevant conditions are met. It is suggested that the parties should be able to take the initiative to retain evidence when dealing with people involving money.

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