Criminal proceedings and breaches
WhatsApp evidence: check authorship and integrity
The issue and the court’s approach
The court highlighted two requirements for evaluating messages: they must genuinely originate from the apparent author and their content must remain unaltered. Producing a screenshot does not itself settle either issue.
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Supreme Court · Criminal Chamber · STS · ECLI:ES:TS:2025:634 · Appeal 4458/2022 · 2025-02-13
Original explanatory note based on the official Criminal Chamber chronicle (2024–2025). This is not a claim to have reviewed the full judgment. The English version is explanatory, not an official translation.
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General information on Spanish law. Application depends on the facts, applicable legislation and subsequent developments.