The article discusses the types of digital evidence and their essence, the problems of recognizing digital information as procedural sources of evidence in criminal proceedings. The features of the assessment of digital evidence according to the criterion of reliability are shown, the need for proper recording of digital evidence at different stages of criminal pro-ceedings is substantiated. It has been proven that the metadata of digital files at any stage of criminal proceedings can confirm their authenticity and procedural significance. The study showed that the courts of Ukraine and the United States make opposite decisions on the recognition of information in digital form as procedural sources of evi-dence, and the level of training of investigators in working with software and hardware complexes and complex software shells is low. This has a negative impact on the quality of the administration of justice, because in the context of the global digitalization of society, digital evidence is sometimes decisive for the objective resolution of a case and bringing the perpetrators to justice. It is proposed to supplement the training and advanced training pro-grams for law enforcement officers with basic training in working with digital evidence us-ing modern developments of law enforcement agencies, scientists and journalists from Eu-rope and the United States. The author analyzes the normative legal acts of Ukraine and the United States and the recommendations adopted by various EU and US institutions regarding the use of digital evidence in criminal proceedings and the recognition of them as procedural sources of evi-dence. At the legislative level in Ukraine, it is proposed to fix the verification procedure and criteria for the reliability of digital information.
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G. Avdeeva (2024) studied this question.