Hangzhou Jianggan District Procuratorate uses blockchain technology for electronic deposit of evidence
Blockchain technology is widely used in finance, games, etc., and has also been explored in judicial and electronic certificate deposits.
Recently, the Hangzhou Jianggan District Court has a practical application of blockchain technology. The court is currently cooperating with Ant Financial, the Xihu District Court, and the public security to use blockchain electronic evidence storage technology in all aspects of criminal case handling, and to make use of the feature that the information on the blockchain cannot be tampered with, so as to make evidence extraction more standardized , It is easy to save, transfer, review and judge, and promote the innovation of the criminal case handling model.
It is reported that as early as 2017, the Jianggan District Court created a new model of cooperation between grassroots procuratorates and high-tech enterprises, and established a joint laboratory for smart prosecution. Involve prosecutors directly in R&D and break down barriers between business and technology. This cooperation with Ant Financial is also an application of the new model.
In terms of handling cases in this region, not only the blockchain technology is used, but also big data, AI (artificial intelligence) and the actual investigation and trial of the case are combined, and the use of AI technology is proposed to conduct remote interrogation through video, and then use the intelligent voice recognition system Automatically convert interrogation speech into transcripts.
The electronic deposit technology of blockchain has been applied in many local courts. In July this year, the Hangzhou Internet Court ruled an Internet copyright infringement case, and the collection of key evidence used blockchain technology. The plaintiff calculated the infringement data into a hash value and uploaded it to the block. The Hangzhou Internet Court recognized the three aspects of the qualification of the evidence deposit platform, the credibility of the evidence collection technology, and the integrity of the blockchain electronic evidence preservation. The legal effect of blockchain electronic deposit.
At the same time, the Hangzhou Internet Court launched an electronic evidence platform, which can hash the user's electronic data and generate a corresponding certificate number.
In September this year, the Dongcheng District Court of Beijing made a verdict on the case of JD.com infringing on the network dissemination rights of the works of the Chinese Online Digital Publishing Group. In the judgment, the court affirmed the legal effect of electronic deposit of blockchain technology.
In September this year, the Supreme People's Court proposed a new trial mechanism for Internet courts "online trial of online cases". Internet courts shall confirm the authenticity of such evidence collection, fixation, and tamper-proof technical means, or through the certification of the electronic evidence collection and storage platform, which can prove its authenticity.”
It can be seen that due to its technical characteristics, the role of blockchain in the permanent storage of evidence has been recognized, and there is still room for development in the judicial field.
