Question follow-through · 119427
Artificial Intelligence: Defamation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with AI companies on the publication on the internet of defamatory comments towards humans by autonomous bots.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with AI companies on the publication on the internet of defamatory comments towards humans by autonomous bots.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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