Author(s)

Xiyue Zhang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Humanities and Social Development, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China

Corresponding Author

Xiyue Zhang

ABSTRACT

As cybercrime governance enters the digital age, electronic data has become a key carrier for the connection between criminals and criminal crimes of illegal use of information and network, and the problems in the connection between relevant laws and evidence collection have become increasingly prominent. This paper examines the dilemma of the connection between execution and evidence collection of electronic data for the crime of illegal use of information networks. At the pre-trial level, the characteristics of this crime bury the problem of ambiguity in the authority to collect evidence and the mismatch of evidence form. At the in-process level, standard conflicts and procedural absences lead to the loss of electronic data in the positive connection. At the post-event level, the lack of supervision has put the data involved in the case into a situation where no one has disposed of it. To solve the dilemma, it is necessary to reconnect the mechanism from four aspects: technical regulation, evidence rules, departmental responsibilities, and accountability. This study provides practical guidance for the work of electronic data evidence collection for the crime of illegal use of information networks, and standardizes the evidence collection process, Improving the quality and efficiency of case handling can enrich the theory of the connection between cybercrime evidence and execution, and make up for the shortcomings of the current research on the connection between crime and execution.

KEYWORDS

Illegal use of information network; Electronic data; Execution connection; Rules of evidence; Closed loop of the program

CITE THIS PAPER

Xiyue Zhang. Analysis of the dilemma of electronic data forensics for the crime of illegal use of information networks. Science of Law Journal (2026). Vol. 5, No. 2, 36-44. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.23977/law.2026.050206.

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