Part of Crime and Policing Bill - Committee (4th Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 5:30 pm on 27 November 2025.
Viscount Colville of Culross
Deputy Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker (Lords)
5:30,
27 November 2025
I want to repeat what I said in my speech. There are some chatbots, such as Replika, that do not have user-to-user functionality. They are created for just one user, and that user cannot pass it on to any other users. There is concern that the law does not cover that and that ofcom does not regulate it.
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Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
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