system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How is video evidence supposed to be taken seriously as technology advances?

They can some pretty incredible things today with camera tricks and computer programming. Also how can you trust that its unedited video?
gpt
It is a long time since photos and video on its own have been admissible in court. What is needed for photos to be used in court today is a well documented chain of custody that describes who have handled the data and what exactly they did with it. Anyone in the chain of custody may have an opportunity to change the photos so they need to be evaluated for any potential bias in the case.