Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 62368

Artificial Intelligence: Defamation

Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to regulate who is responsible in cases of defamation involving an AI model.

Answer

Feryal Clark
A range of existing 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 p...

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