United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 119428
Artificial Intelligence: Defamation
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10 March 2026
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19 March 2026 · Answer
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Artificial intelligence
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19 March 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom, on the attribution of ultimate authorship of defamatory comments towards humans by autonomous bots.
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10 March 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom, on the attribution of ultimate authorship of defamatory comments towards humans by autonomous bots.
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19 March 2026
Answer
A range of rules already apply to AI systems, such as data protection, competition, equality legislation and other forms of sector regulation. The UK has well established defamation laws, and our data protection laws also apply to personal data processed ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-10/119428
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1889284
- uk · wq-1889284 · source updated 19 March 2026