Head v. Doe

Supreme Court of British Columbia · BC · Canada · 2026-02-04 · 2026 BCSC 184 · M185379

AdmittedAlleged deepfakevideooffered by defendantchallenge: authenticity

Mr. Head challenged a GoPro accident video with an online AI-tool printout saying deepfake detected. The court accepted witness evidence about the camera and SD card plus forensic analysis of metadata and frame continuity, rejected the unsupported AI-tool output, relied on the video, and dismissed the claim.

Rules cited: Canada Evidence Act s.31.1

The court's finding, in its words

The AI tool printout was given no weight; expert metadata and continuity evidence showed the GoPro file was camera-original.

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Decision: canlii.org
Read: 2026-09-07 · primary document read
Found via: Damien Charlotin deepfakes lead CSV (CC0), User brief named-case list
Notes: CanLII page could not be independently read by script; decision text was read from the downloaded lead PDF copy.

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