The challenges of Digital Evidence usage in Deepfake Crimes Era

Abstract

This research paper discusses the challenges of digital evidence usage in Deepfake crimes era in both the Egyptian and US Legislations. There is no doubt about the importance of keeping pace with the Law with behaviors that pose a threat to fundamental interests that deserve protection, especially in an era when information technology is instantaneously accelerating towards the creation of many modern technologies that raise many concerns, since artificial intelligence algorithms have helped to think about a large number of issues that did not exist a few years ago, such as the ease of processing big data and simultaneous machine translation, and one of those algorithms is Deepfake, which was classified as the most dangerous among artificial intelligence algorithms on Cybersecurity threats. With the complexity of Investigations of computer related crimes, due to the obstacles in gathering the evidence. The researcher seeks, after discussing the essence of digital evidence, stating its types, forms, characteristics, sources, principles, and challenges facing its application, as well as comparing between the laws regulating the digital evidence nationally, internationally concerning (Budapest convention) and The US federal rules of digital evidence, to present and set recommendations  to reduce the risks and challenges of these crimes, and to assist the legislator in addressing the shortcomings in Egyptian laws. Keywords: Digital evidence, Deepfake, Cybercrime, Digital privacy & Cybersecurity.