photos have been considered proof for a long time, and this was difficult to communicate before photoshop, just like DNA evidence and cell phone tower records had massive, unjustified weight in US courts for a while in the nineties. I was referring to the fact that it's no longer tenable to view any of the above as "proof", whether or not it was ever a certain evidence medium.

I'm sure there's a lot of legal understanding that I miss.