Why this directory exists
Cognitive liberty is defended institutionally by many communities that use different vocabularies: neurorights, intellectual freedom, privacy, digital rights, algorithmic accountability, library freedom, and internet governance. This page gives those communities a maintained, non-endorsement map.
Verified starting points
UNESCO · Ethics of Neurotechnology
Neurotechnology ethics, mental privacy, freedom of thought, and international norm-setting.
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Observed: UNESCO’s current neurotechnology ethics page was retrieved and explicitly addresses freedom of thought, cognitive liberty, free will, mental privacy, and brain-data confidentiality.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
Council of Europe · Human Rights and Biomedicine
Human rights, biomedicine, neurotechnology, AI, and mental autonomy.
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- 2026-09-03
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Observed: The current Human Rights and Biomedicine programme page was retrieved and lists neurotechnologies and artificial intelligence as ongoing work.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
OECD · Neurotechnology
Responsible innovation, policy, and governance of neurotechnology.
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Observed: The OECD neurotechnology topic page was retrieved from the organization’s primary site; this review confirms the current page and programme identity, not compliance by any particular system.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
OAS · Inter-American Juridical Committee
Regional legal development and human-rights analysis relevant to neuroscience and neurotechnology.
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Observed: The current Inter-American Juridical Committee page was retrieved from the OAS primary domain; the report remains the source for the page’s cognitive-liberty relevance.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
Neurorights Foundation
Neurorights, brain data, mental privacy, identity, free will, augmentation, and algorithmic bias.
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Observed: The organization’s primary site was retrieved and confirms the current institutional identity; this directory does not imply endorsement or partnership.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
International Neuroethics Society
Ethical, legal, social, and policy questions arising from brain science and neurotechnology.
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Observed: The society’s primary site was retrieved and confirms an active professional network focused on responsible use of brain technology.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Encryption, privacy, surveillance, anonymity, free expression, and technology policy.
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Observed: EFF’s primary site was retrieved. The directory uses it as a digital-rights resource relevant to the technical conditions of private inquiry.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Privacy, surveillance, AI governance, data protection, and public-interest litigation.
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- 2026-09-03
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Observed: EPIC’s primary site was retrieved. Inclusion reflects subject-matter relevance rather than endorsement of this site’s framework.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
Center for Democracy & Technology
Civil liberties, encryption, platform governance, privacy, and automated systems.
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- 2026-09-03
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Observed: CDT’s primary site was retrieved. The report-derived connection is to digital civil liberties and the governance of automated systems.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
Privacy International
State and corporate surveillance, data exploitation, privacy, and accountability.
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- 2026-09-03
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Observed: Privacy International’s primary site was retrieved; the directory does not treat every project or legal claim in the source report as independently verified.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Privacy, freedom of expression, encryption, digital identity, and surveillance.
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- 2026-09-03
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Observed: EDRi’s current primary site was retrieved. Its role here is as a pan-European digital-rights resource, not as an endorsing partner.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
Access Now
Digital rights, security support, surveillance, shutdowns, platform accountability, and human rights.
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Observed: Access Now’s primary site was retrieved and confirms a current global digital-rights organization.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
AlgorithmWatch
Automated decision-making, AI accountability, discrimination, surveillance, and public-interest research.
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- 2026-09-03
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Observed: AlgorithmWatch’s current primary site was retrieved and showed 2026 publications and investigations on AI and automated systems.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
American Library Association · Intellectual Freedom
Freedom to read, confidential access to information, privacy, and anti-censorship practice in libraries.
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Observed: ALA’s current intellectual-freedom page was retrieved and states that libraries support free, equitable, and confidential access to information.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Intellectual Freedom and Cognitive Liberty.md#inter-institutional-ecosystem-dynamics-and-coalition-topologies
IFLA · FAIFE
Freedom of access to information, freedom of expression, and library-sector rights practice.
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Observed: The current IFLA FAIFE page was retrieved from IFLA’s primary site. The report supplies the broader intellectual-freedom linkage.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Intellectual Freedom and Cognitive Liberty.md#inter-institutional-ecosystem-dynamics-and-coalition-topologies
Library Freedom Project
Practical privacy education, surveillance resistance, and values-driven librarianship.
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Observed: The project’s primary site was retrieved. Inclusion identifies a privacy-focused library project without asserting formal affiliation.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Intellectual Freedom and Cognitive Liberty.md#inter-institutional-ecosystem-dynamics-and-coalition-topologies
The Citizen Lab
Digital espionage, targeted surveillance, censorship, spyware, and human-rights security research.
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Observed: The Citizen Lab’s primary site was retrieved. It is included for empirical research on surveillance and censorship technologies.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Internet governance, digital rights, public-interest technology, law, and society.
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Observed: The center’s primary site was retrieved. The directory does not imply endorsement by Harvard University or the center.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Atlas Research.md#direct-cognitive-liberty-and-neurorights-organizations
Tor Project
Anonymity, anti-censorship, privacy-preserving access, and open-source network software.
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Observed: The Tor Project’s primary site was retrieved. This organization record is distinct from the technical-project record below.
Limit: Primary-page review confirms identity, current locator, and the bounded observation stated here. It does not verify every claim, project, policy position, legal assertion, or technical capability described in the supplied reports.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Technology Ecosystem Research.md#structural-decoupling-framework
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Every stable record has a review date, next-review date, source basis, verification state, and limitation. A stale or unreachable resource should be marked accordingly in a future release rather than silently retained as current.