Artificial Intelligence · Solomon Islands
AI regulation in Solomon Islands (2026)
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Solomon Islands has no dedicated artificial intelligence legislation, no adopted national AI strategy, and no sectoral AI rules in force as of 2026. Governance is limited to high-level political calls for future regulation and broader digital/ICT policy work; even a foundational data-protection and privacy law is still only at the drafting stage.
Key points
There is no comprehensive AI act, no sectoral AI regulation, and no formally adopted national AI strategy. AI is not addressed by any binding instrument currently in force.
In his January 2025 New Year national address, Governor-General David Vunagi (Kapu) urged responsible authorities to begin developing policies to regulate the daily use of social media and AI, flagging risks to children, but no draft AI legislation has followed.
The Ministry of Education has signalled intent to develop a National AI-in-Education Strategy covering AI literacy, infrastructure, ethical AI and data privacy, building on the National E-commerce Strategy 2022–2027, but this remains in planning rather than adopted.
Solomon Islands has no enacted data-protection or privacy law; UNCTAD is supporting the Ministry of Communication and Aviation in drafting such legislation, meaning a key prerequisite for AI governance is not yet in place.
The 2017 National ICT Policy calls for data-security and privacy laws as a foundation, and a National Cybersecurity Policy was launched in August 2024, but neither regulates AI specifically; there is also no standalone cybercrime statute.
AI is being deployed in practice — e.g., the UNESCO/SAP 'EDiSON' AI disaster-risk-management system slated to be operational in 2026 — ahead of any domestic governance framework.
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