Direct answer
If you are trying to protect private inquiry, reduce identity linkage, challenge an automated decision, preserve access through censorship, or implement safeguards in a real institution, you should not have to know which report, standard, organization, or technical project to search first. Start with the human problem below; choose the private-inquiry pathway for an end-to-end workflow, or follow a mechanism into the accepted records that address its layers.
Implementation pathway
Move from a human problem to a documented institutional decision.
Protect private inquiry
A five-step, server-rendered implementation pathway from a defined threat model to least-intrusive architecture, institutional policy, audit questions, and inspectable evidence.
- Threat modelDefine the inquiry, the actor, and the harm before selecting controls.
- Least-intrusive architectureRemove identity, retention, and centralized observation before adding policy promises.
- Institutional policyBind people, vendors, and public authority to narrow purposes and real consequences.
- Audit questionsTest actual behavior across all eighteen domains instead of accepting a single score.
- Evidence and maintenancePublish inspectable evidence, preserve limitations, and schedule the next challenge.
Start here
What are you trying to protect or change?
What protects private inquiry?
What standards help separate identity from requests?
Who studies mental privacy and freedom of thought?
What can a library, school, newsroom, technology team, or public institution implement?
How can AI systems avoid judging lawful curiosity?
How do we preserve access when networks, platforms, or archives fail?
How do we challenge automated decisions or hidden restrictions?
Which research supports these recommendations?
Identity and attribution gatesSurveillance and behavioral inferenceNetwork control and fragmentationIntermediary and infrastructure powerAI mediation, training data, and generated answersSafety claims and emergency expansionLanguage, translation, and educationJournalism, archives, and public memoryTransparency, due process, and remedyPrivacy-preserving resilience
Ten worldwide mechanisms
Follow the mechanism into evidence, safeguards, and institutions.
Each section joins existing records by stable ID. The relation itself is versioned as a NAV-CL-R* record so future releases can add, remove, or supersede links without silently changing the underlying organization, standard, technology, researcher, kit, audit, or research authority.
NAV-CL-R01 · MECH-IDENTITY-ATTRIBUTION
Back to questions ↑Identity and attribution gates
Requirements or inferences that bind access, reading, speech, or AI use to a persistent person, device, credential, or biometric.
Organizations
- ORG-CL-007Electronic Frontier FoundationEncryption, privacy, surveillance, anonymity, free expression, and technology policy.
- ORG-CL-009Center for Democracy & TechnologyCivil liberties, encryption, platform governance, privacy, and automated systems.
- ORG-CL-010Privacy InternationalState and corporate surveillance, data exploitation, privacy, and accountability.
Standards
- STD-CL-002RFC 9576 · Privacy Pass ArchitectureCurrent · Informational RFC · 2026-09-04Architecture for authorization based on privacy-preserving authentication mechanisms.
- STD-CL-007W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0Current · W3C Recommendation · 2026-09-04Extensible data model for tamper-evident, machine-verifiable credentials with explicit privacy considerations.
- STD-CL-010NIST SP 800-63-4 · Digital Identity GuidelinesCurrent · Final · Supersedes prior edition · 2026-09-04Technical guidelines for identity proofing, authentication, federation, and related assertions.
Technology
- TECH-CL-002SimpleX ChatActive · Stable release · 2026-09-04Messaging architecture designed without global user identifiers.
- TECH-CL-008Tor NetworkActive · Stable release · 2026-09-04Onion-routing ecosystem for privacy-preserving and censorship-resistant access.
Researchers
- RES-CL-003Neil RichardsInformation law, privacy, intellectual privacy, surveillance, and civil liberties.
Implementation kits
- KIT-LIBRARIES-001Libraries and knowledge institutions
- KIT-EDUCATION-001Schools, universities, and research institutions
- KIT-PUBLIC-INSTITUTIONS-001Rights-respecting public institutions, regulators, courts, and public-sector AI
Audit domains
- AUDIT-CL-D03Anonymous or pseudonymous access
- AUDIT-CL-D04Query and prompt retention
- AUDIT-CL-D05Sensitive-trait inference
- AUDIT-CL-D06Government access
Research guides
Why these records are connected
The crosswalk is grounded in exact report sections preserved in protected durable memory. Those reports are research inputs, not current external endorsements or universal legal authority.
Cognitive Liberty Privacy Directory.md#the-jurisprudence-and-cryptographic-architecture-of-cognitive-libertyDigital Identity and Free Speech.md#loss-of-anonymous-speech-and-political-retaliation
NAV-CL-R02 · MECH-SURVEILLANCE-PROFILING
Back to questions ↑Surveillance and behavioral inference
Collection or analysis that converts queries, conversations, associations, attention, or nervous-system signals into durable judgments about a person.
Organizations
- ORG-CL-007Electronic Frontier FoundationEncryption, privacy, surveillance, anonymity, free expression, and technology policy.
- ORG-CL-008Electronic Privacy Information CenterPrivacy, surveillance, AI governance, data protection, and public-interest litigation.
- ORG-CL-010Privacy InternationalState and corporate surveillance, data exploitation, privacy, and accountability.
- ORG-CL-017The Citizen LabDigital espionage, targeted surveillance, censorship, spyware, and human-rights security research.
Standards
- STD-CL-003RFC 7258 · Pervasive Monitoring Is an AttackCurrent · Best Current Practice · 2026-09-04Engineering guidance treating pervasive monitoring as an attack to be mitigated in protocol design.
- STD-CL-004RFC 8890 · The Internet is for End UsersCurrent · Informational RFC · 2026-09-04Guidance that protocol and standards decisions should prioritize the interests of end users.
- STD-CL-009NIST Privacy FrameworkCurrent · Revision in development · 2026-09-04Voluntary tool for identifying and managing privacy risk while developing products and services.
Technology
- TECH-CL-002SimpleX ChatActive · Stable release · 2026-09-04Messaging architecture designed without global user identifiers.
- TECH-CL-008Tor NetworkActive · Stable release · 2026-09-04Onion-routing ecosystem for privacy-preserving and censorship-resistant access.
Researchers
- RES-CL-001Nita A. FarahanyLaw, philosophy, neuroscience, cognitive liberty, brain data, and human autonomy.
- RES-CL-003Neil RichardsInformation law, privacy, intellectual privacy, surveillance, and civil liberties.
Implementation kits
- KIT-LIBRARIES-001Libraries and knowledge institutions
- KIT-EDUCATION-001Schools, universities, and research institutions
- KIT-JOURNALISM-001Journalists, independent newsrooms, and exile media
- KIT-PUBLIC-INSTITUTIONS-001Rights-respecting public institutions, regulators, courts, and public-sector AI
Audit domains
- AUDIT-CL-D01Mental privacy
- AUDIT-CL-D04Query and prompt retention
- AUDIT-CL-D05Sensitive-trait inference
- AUDIT-CL-D07Corporate secondary use
- AUDIT-CL-D14Transparency
- AUDIT-CL-D16Deletion and correction
Research guides
Why these records are connected
The crosswalk is grounded in exact report sections preserved in protected durable memory. Those reports are research inputs, not current external endorsements or universal legal authority.
Surveillance and Epistemic Conformity(1).md#the-chilling-effect-surveillance-epistemic-conformity-and-the-erosion-of-intellectual-privacySearch Privacy Legal Frameworks(1).md#the-architecture-of-modern-search-systems-processing-retention-and-secondary-uses
NAV-CL-R03 · MECH-NETWORK-CONTROL
Back to questions ↑Network control and fragmentation
Routing, DNS, protocol, hosting, app-store, or connectivity interventions that make lawful sources unreachable or degrade access until users abandon them.
Organizations
- ORG-CL-012Access NowDigital rights, security support, surveillance, shutdowns, platform accountability, and human rights.
- ORG-CL-017The Citizen LabDigital espionage, targeted surveillance, censorship, spyware, and human-rights security research.
- ORG-CL-019Tor ProjectAnonymity, anti-censorship, privacy-preserving access, and open-source network software.
Standards
- STD-CL-003RFC 7258 · Pervasive Monitoring Is an AttackCurrent · Best Current Practice · 2026-09-04Engineering guidance treating pervasive monitoring as an attack to be mitigated in protocol design.
- STD-CL-004RFC 8890 · The Internet is for End UsersCurrent · Informational RFC · 2026-09-04Guidance that protocol and standards decisions should prioritize the interests of end users.
- STD-CL-006RFC 9230 · Oblivious DNS over HTTPSCurrent · Experimental RFC · 2026-09-04Separates client identity from DNS query content through oblivious relay architecture.
Technology
- TECH-CL-003BriarActive · Maintenance mode · 2026-09-04Peer-to-peer secure messaging designed to continue operating through disrupted or censored networks.
- TECH-CL-005IPFSActive · Maintainer transition · 2026-09-04Content-addressed peer-to-peer data distribution and retrieval.
- TECH-CL-007Reticulum NetworkActive · Maintained project · 2026-09-04Cryptographic networking stack designed for heterogeneous and infrastructure-limited links.
- TECH-CL-008Tor NetworkActive · Stable release · 2026-09-04Onion-routing ecosystem for privacy-preserving and censorship-resistant access.
Implementation kits
- KIT-JOURNALISM-001Journalists, independent newsrooms, and exile media
- KIT-PUBLIC-INTEREST-TECH-001Public-interest software, privacy engineering, and rights-respecting AI
- KIT-PUBLIC-INSTITUTIONS-001Rights-respecting public institutions, regulators, courts, and public-sector AI
Audit domains
- AUDIT-CL-D14Transparency
- AUDIT-CL-D17Portability and interoperability
- AUDIT-CL-D18Technical decentralization and resilience
Research guides
Why these records are connected
The crosswalk is grounded in exact report sections preserved in protected durable memory. Those reports are research inputs, not current external endorsements or universal legal authority.
Cognitive Liberty Technology Ecosystem Research.md#domain-4-transport-decoupling-secure-messaging-and-anonymous-networkingEvolution Of Censorship Resistance.md#the-next-frontier-decentralization-satellites-and-ai
NAV-CL-R04 · MECH-INTERMEDIARY-POWER
Back to questions ↑Intermediary and infrastructure power
Government or private pressure applied through platforms, cloud providers, app stores, payment systems, telecommunications companies, and other chokepoints.
Organizations
- ORG-CL-007Electronic Frontier FoundationEncryption, privacy, surveillance, anonymity, free expression, and technology policy.
- ORG-CL-011European Digital Rights (EDRi)Privacy, freedom of expression, encryption, digital identity, and surveillance.
- ORG-CL-012Access NowDigital rights, security support, surveillance, shutdowns, platform accountability, and human rights.
- ORG-CL-013AlgorithmWatchAutomated decision-making, AI accountability, discrimination, surveillance, and public-interest research.
Standards
- STD-CL-004RFC 8890 · The Internet is for End UsersCurrent · Informational RFC · 2026-09-04Guidance that protocol and standards decisions should prioritize the interests of end users.
- STD-CL-009NIST Privacy FrameworkCurrent · Revision in development · 2026-09-04Voluntary tool for identifying and managing privacy risk while developing products and services.
Technology
- TECH-CL-005IPFSActive · Maintainer transition · 2026-09-04Content-addressed peer-to-peer data distribution and retrieval.
- TECH-CL-006MatrixActive · Current protocol release · 2026-09-04Open, federated real-time communication architecture.
- TECH-CL-008Tor NetworkActive · Stable release · 2026-09-04Onion-routing ecosystem for privacy-preserving and censorship-resistant access.
Researchers
- RES-CL-003Neil RichardsInformation law, privacy, intellectual privacy, surveillance, and civil liberties.
Implementation kits
- KIT-JOURNALISM-001Journalists, independent newsrooms, and exile media
- KIT-PUBLIC-INTEREST-TECH-001Public-interest software, privacy engineering, and rights-respecting AI
- KIT-PUBLIC-INSTITUTIONS-001Rights-respecting public institutions, regulators, courts, and public-sector AI
Audit domains
- AUDIT-CL-D07Corporate secondary use
- AUDIT-CL-D14Transparency
- AUDIT-CL-D15Epistemic due process
- AUDIT-CL-D17Portability and interoperability
- AUDIT-CL-D18Technical decentralization and resilience
Research guides
Why these records are connected
The crosswalk is grounded in exact report sections preserved in protected durable memory. Those reports are research inputs, not current external endorsements or universal legal authority.
Censorship Drift In Democracies.md#intermediary-liability-and-the-privatization-of-censorshipAI Cognitive Liberty Ecosystem Map.md#1-executive-summary-and-foundational-theoretical-framework
NAV-CL-R05 · MECH-AI-MEDIATION
Back to questions ↑AI mediation, training data, and generated answers
Upstream dataset filtering, alignment, refusals, personalization, retrieval, and synthesis that shape what a person can discover or what a model can say.
Organizations
- ORG-CL-008Electronic Privacy Information CenterPrivacy, surveillance, AI governance, data protection, and public-interest litigation.
- ORG-CL-009Center for Democracy & TechnologyCivil liberties, encryption, platform governance, privacy, and automated systems.
- ORG-CL-013AlgorithmWatchAutomated decision-making, AI accountability, discrimination, surveillance, and public-interest research.
- ORG-CL-018Berkman Klein Center for Internet & SocietyInternet governance, digital rights, public-interest technology, law, and society.
Standards
- STD-CL-004RFC 8890 · The Internet is for End UsersCurrent · Informational RFC · 2026-09-04Guidance that protocol and standards decisions should prioritize the interests of end users.
- STD-CL-009NIST Privacy FrameworkCurrent · Revision in development · 2026-09-04Voluntary tool for identifying and managing privacy risk while developing products and services.
Technology
- TECH-CL-001llama.cppActive · Rapid release cadence · 2026-09-04Local and cloud LLM/VLM inference in C/C++ across a wide range of hardware.
Researchers
- RES-CL-001Nita A. FarahanyLaw, philosophy, neuroscience, cognitive liberty, brain data, and human autonomy.
- RES-CL-002Marcello IencaEthics of AI and neuroscience, neurotechnology governance, cognition, and neurorights.
- RES-CL-003Neil RichardsInformation law, privacy, intellectual privacy, surveillance, and civil liberties.
Implementation kits
- KIT-EDUCATION-001Schools, universities, and research institutions
- KIT-PUBLIC-INTEREST-TECH-001Public-interest software, privacy engineering, and rights-respecting AI
- KIT-PUBLIC-INSTITUTIONS-001Rights-respecting public institutions, regulators, courts, and public-sector AI
Audit domains
- AUDIT-CL-D02Freedom of inquiry
- AUDIT-CL-D05Sensitive-trait inference
- AUDIT-CL-D08Training and evaluation use
- AUDIT-CL-D09Safety proportionality
- AUDIT-CL-D10Curiosity versus intent
- AUDIT-CL-D11Viewpoint neutrality
- AUDIT-CL-D12Source and citation diversity
- AUDIT-CL-D14Transparency
- AUDIT-CL-D15Epistemic due process
Research guides
Why these records are connected
The crosswalk is grounded in exact report sections preserved in protected durable memory. Those reports are research inputs, not current external endorsements or universal legal authority.
AI Cognitive Liberty Ecosystem Map.md#5-ai-cognitive-liberty-ecosystem-map-and-unresolved-governance-gapsAI Cognitive Liberty Ecosystem Map.md#gap-1-absence-of-procedural-due-process-in-automated-refusals-and-account-enforcement
NAV-CL-R06 · MECH-SAFETY-EMERGENCY
Back to questions ↑Safety claims and emergency expansion
Specific harms or crises used to authorize broad, persistent, opaque, or repurposable controls without sufficient necessity, proportionality, review, or sunset.
Organizations
- ORG-CL-007Electronic Frontier FoundationEncryption, privacy, surveillance, anonymity, free expression, and technology policy.
- ORG-CL-010Privacy InternationalState and corporate surveillance, data exploitation, privacy, and accountability.
- ORG-CL-011European Digital Rights (EDRi)Privacy, freedom of expression, encryption, digital identity, and surveillance.
- ORG-CL-012Access NowDigital rights, security support, surveillance, shutdowns, platform accountability, and human rights.
Standards
- STD-CL-003RFC 7258 · Pervasive Monitoring Is an AttackCurrent · Best Current Practice · 2026-09-04Engineering guidance treating pervasive monitoring as an attack to be mitigated in protocol design.
- STD-CL-004RFC 8890 · The Internet is for End UsersCurrent · Informational RFC · 2026-09-04Guidance that protocol and standards decisions should prioritize the interests of end users.
- STD-CL-009NIST Privacy FrameworkCurrent · Revision in development · 2026-09-04Voluntary tool for identifying and managing privacy risk while developing products and services.
Technology
- TECH-CL-008Tor NetworkActive · Stable release · 2026-09-04Onion-routing ecosystem for privacy-preserving and censorship-resistant access.
Researchers
- RES-CL-003Neil RichardsInformation law, privacy, intellectual privacy, surveillance, and civil liberties.
Implementation kits
- KIT-PUBLIC-INTEREST-TECH-001Public-interest software, privacy engineering, and rights-respecting AI
- KIT-PUBLIC-INSTITUTIONS-001Rights-respecting public institutions, regulators, courts, and public-sector AI
Audit domains
- AUDIT-CL-D09Safety proportionality
- AUDIT-CL-D10Curiosity versus intent
- AUDIT-CL-D14Transparency
- AUDIT-CL-D15Epistemic due process
Research guides
Why these records are connected
The crosswalk is grounded in exact report sections preserved in protected durable memory. Those reports are research inputs, not current external endorsements or universal legal authority.
Safety And Cognitive Liberty Framework(1).md#domain-2-tailoring-alternatives-and-lawful-conductThe Safety Poison Pill Thesis A Full Adversarial Investigation(1).md#executive-judgment-and-analytical-frame
NAV-CL-R07 · MECH-LANGUAGE-EDUCATION
Back to questions ↑Language, translation, and education
Control over vocabulary, translation, curriculum, libraries, or academic work that limits the concepts, records, and alternative explanations a society can access.
Organizations
- ORG-CL-009Center for Democracy & TechnologyCivil liberties, encryption, platform governance, privacy, and automated systems.
- ORG-CL-014American Library Association · Intellectual FreedomFreedom to read, confidential access to information, privacy, and anti-censorship practice in libraries.
- ORG-CL-015IFLA · FAIFEFreedom of access to information, freedom of expression, and library-sector rights practice.
- ORG-CL-016Library Freedom ProjectPractical privacy education, surveillance resistance, and values-driven librarianship.
Standards
- STD-CL-009NIST Privacy FrameworkCurrent · Revision in development · 2026-09-04Voluntary tool for identifying and managing privacy risk while developing products and services.
- STD-CL-010NIST SP 800-63-4 · Digital Identity GuidelinesCurrent · Final · Supersedes prior edition · 2026-09-04Technical guidelines for identity proofing, authentication, federation, and related assertions.
Technology
- TECH-CL-002SimpleX ChatActive · Stable release · 2026-09-04Messaging architecture designed without global user identifiers.
Researchers
- RES-CL-003Neil RichardsInformation law, privacy, intellectual privacy, surveillance, and civil liberties.
- RES-CL-004Bethany ShinerHuman rights law, freedom of thought, digital rights, and algorithmic interference.
Implementation kits
- KIT-LIBRARIES-001Libraries and knowledge institutions
- KIT-EDUCATION-001Schools, universities, and research institutions
Audit domains
- AUDIT-CL-D02Freedom of inquiry
- AUDIT-CL-D10Curiosity versus intent
- AUDIT-CL-D11Viewpoint neutrality
- AUDIT-CL-D12Source and citation diversity
- AUDIT-CL-D15Epistemic due process
Research guides
Why these records are connected
The crosswalk is grounded in exact report sections preserved in protected durable memory. Those reports are research inputs, not current external endorsements or universal legal authority.
Intellectual Freedom and Cognitive Liberty.md#the-theoretical-and-historical-continuum-of-cognitive-libertyIntellectual Freedom and Cognitive Liberty.md#library-freedom-and-national-library-associations
NAV-CL-R08 · MECH-MEMORY-JOURNALISM
Back to questions ↑Journalism, archives, and public memory
Pressure that removes witnesses, records, reporting, or historical evidence, and resilience systems that preserve sources across jurisdictions and generations.
Organizations
- ORG-CL-012Access NowDigital rights, security support, surveillance, shutdowns, platform accountability, and human rights.
- ORG-CL-015IFLA · FAIFEFreedom of access to information, freedom of expression, and library-sector rights practice.
- ORG-CL-017The Citizen LabDigital espionage, targeted surveillance, censorship, spyware, and human-rights security research.
Standards
- STD-CL-004RFC 8890 · The Internet is for End UsersCurrent · Informational RFC · 2026-09-04Guidance that protocol and standards decisions should prioritize the interests of end users.
- STD-CL-005RFC 9420 · Messaging Layer SecurityCurrent · Proposed Standard · 2026-09-04Efficient asynchronous group key establishment with forward secrecy and post-compromise security.
Technology
- TECH-CL-003BriarActive · Maintenance mode · 2026-09-04Peer-to-peer secure messaging designed to continue operating through disrupted or censored networks.
- TECH-CL-005IPFSActive · Maintainer transition · 2026-09-04Content-addressed peer-to-peer data distribution and retrieval.
- TECH-CL-006MatrixActive · Current protocol release · 2026-09-04Open, federated real-time communication architecture.
Researchers
- RES-CL-004Bethany ShinerHuman rights law, freedom of thought, digital rights, and algorithmic interference.
Implementation kits
- KIT-LIBRARIES-001Libraries and knowledge institutions
- KIT-JOURNALISM-001Journalists, independent newsrooms, and exile media
Audit domains
- AUDIT-CL-D12Source and citation diversity
- AUDIT-CL-D17Portability and interoperability
- AUDIT-CL-D18Technical decentralization and resilience
Research guides
Why these records are connected
The crosswalk is grounded in exact report sections preserved in protected durable memory. Those reports are research inputs, not current external endorsements or universal legal authority.
Intellectual Freedom and Cognitive Liberty.md#press-freedom-investigative-journalism-and-exile-media-networksCensorship-Resistant Archives Technical Report.md#historical-case-studies-in-preservation-and-resistance
NAV-CL-R09 · MECH-TRANSPARENCY-REMEDY
Back to questions ↑Transparency, due process, and remedy
Notice, intelligible rules, human review, appeal, independent audit, public statistics, correction, deletion, and exit paths that make power contestable.
Organizations
- ORG-CL-007Electronic Frontier FoundationEncryption, privacy, surveillance, anonymity, free expression, and technology policy.
- ORG-CL-008Electronic Privacy Information CenterPrivacy, surveillance, AI governance, data protection, and public-interest litigation.
- ORG-CL-009Center for Democracy & TechnologyCivil liberties, encryption, platform governance, privacy, and automated systems.
- ORG-CL-013AlgorithmWatchAutomated decision-making, AI accountability, discrimination, surveillance, and public-interest research.
Standards
- STD-CL-009NIST Privacy FrameworkCurrent · Revision in development · 2026-09-04Voluntary tool for identifying and managing privacy risk while developing products and services.
Technology
- TECH-CL-004Nix & NixOSActive · Supported stable release · 2026-09-04Declarative and reproducible software builds and deployments.
Researchers
- RES-CL-001Nita A. FarahanyLaw, philosophy, neuroscience, cognitive liberty, brain data, and human autonomy.
- RES-CL-003Neil RichardsInformation law, privacy, intellectual privacy, surveillance, and civil liberties.
- RES-CL-004Bethany ShinerHuman rights law, freedom of thought, digital rights, and algorithmic interference.
Implementation kits
- KIT-LIBRARIES-001Libraries and knowledge institutions
- KIT-EDUCATION-001Schools, universities, and research institutions
- KIT-JOURNALISM-001Journalists, independent newsrooms, and exile media
- KIT-PUBLIC-INTEREST-TECH-001Public-interest software, privacy engineering, and rights-respecting AI
- KIT-PUBLIC-INSTITUTIONS-001Rights-respecting public institutions, regulators, courts, and public-sector AI
Audit domains
- AUDIT-CL-D14Transparency
- AUDIT-CL-D15Epistemic due process
- AUDIT-CL-D16Deletion and correction
- AUDIT-CL-D17Portability and interoperability
Research guides
Why these records are connected
The crosswalk is grounded in exact report sections preserved in protected durable memory. Those reports are research inputs, not current external endorsements or universal legal authority.
AI Cognitive Liberty Ecosystem Map.md#automated-decision-making-eligibility-scoring-and-algorithmic-due-processAI Cognitive Liberty Ecosystem Map.md#gap-1-absence-of-procedural-due-process-in-automated-refusals-and-account-enforcement
NAV-CL-R10 · MECH-PRIVACY-RESILIENCE
Back to questions ↑Privacy-preserving resilience
Architectures that meet legitimate safety or reliability goals while minimizing identity linkage, centralized logs, single points of control, and irreversible data collection.
Organizations
- ORG-CL-007Electronic Frontier FoundationEncryption, privacy, surveillance, anonymity, free expression, and technology policy.
- ORG-CL-010Privacy InternationalState and corporate surveillance, data exploitation, privacy, and accountability.
- ORG-CL-016Library Freedom ProjectPractical privacy education, surveillance resistance, and values-driven librarianship.
- ORG-CL-019Tor ProjectAnonymity, anti-censorship, privacy-preserving access, and open-source network software.
Standards
- STD-CL-001RFC 9458 · Oblivious HTTPCurrent · Proposed Standard · 2026-09-04Forwards encrypted HTTP messages so an origin cannot directly link requests to the client.
- STD-CL-002RFC 9576 · Privacy Pass ArchitectureCurrent · Informational RFC · 2026-09-04Architecture for authorization based on privacy-preserving authentication mechanisms.
- STD-CL-005RFC 9420 · Messaging Layer SecurityCurrent · Proposed Standard · 2026-09-04Efficient asynchronous group key establishment with forward secrecy and post-compromise security.
- STD-CL-006RFC 9230 · Oblivious DNS over HTTPSCurrent · Experimental RFC · 2026-09-04Separates client identity from DNS query content through oblivious relay architecture.
- STD-CL-007W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0Current · W3C Recommendation · 2026-09-04Extensible data model for tamper-evident, machine-verifiable credentials with explicit privacy considerations.
- STD-CL-010NIST SP 800-63-4 · Digital Identity GuidelinesCurrent · Final · Supersedes prior edition · 2026-09-04Technical guidelines for identity proofing, authentication, federation, and related assertions.
Technology
- TECH-CL-001llama.cppActive · Rapid release cadence · 2026-09-04Local and cloud LLM/VLM inference in C/C++ across a wide range of hardware.
- TECH-CL-002SimpleX ChatActive · Stable release · 2026-09-04Messaging architecture designed without global user identifiers.
- TECH-CL-003BriarActive · Maintenance mode · 2026-09-04Peer-to-peer secure messaging designed to continue operating through disrupted or censored networks.
- TECH-CL-004Nix & NixOSActive · Supported stable release · 2026-09-04Declarative and reproducible software builds and deployments.
- TECH-CL-005IPFSActive · Maintainer transition · 2026-09-04Content-addressed peer-to-peer data distribution and retrieval.
- TECH-CL-006MatrixActive · Current protocol release · 2026-09-04Open, federated real-time communication architecture.
- TECH-CL-007Reticulum NetworkActive · Maintained project · 2026-09-04Cryptographic networking stack designed for heterogeneous and infrastructure-limited links.
- TECH-CL-008Tor NetworkActive · Stable release · 2026-09-04Onion-routing ecosystem for privacy-preserving and censorship-resistant access.
Researchers
- RES-CL-003Neil RichardsInformation law, privacy, intellectual privacy, surveillance, and civil liberties.
Implementation kits
- KIT-LIBRARIES-001Libraries and knowledge institutions
- KIT-EDUCATION-001Schools, universities, and research institutions
- KIT-JOURNALISM-001Journalists, independent newsrooms, and exile media
- KIT-PUBLIC-INTEREST-TECH-001Public-interest software, privacy engineering, and rights-respecting AI
- KIT-PUBLIC-INSTITUTIONS-001Rights-respecting public institutions, regulators, courts, and public-sector AI
Audit domains
- AUDIT-CL-D01Mental privacy
- AUDIT-CL-D03Anonymous or pseudonymous access
- AUDIT-CL-D04Query and prompt retention
- AUDIT-CL-D13User agency
- AUDIT-CL-D16Deletion and correction
- AUDIT-CL-D17Portability and interoperability
- AUDIT-CL-D18Technical decentralization and resilience
Research guides
Why these records are connected
The crosswalk is grounded in exact report sections preserved in protected durable memory. Those reports are research inputs, not current external endorsements or universal legal authority.
Cognitive Liberty Privacy Directory.md#technical-standards-ecosystem-fifty-definitive-specificationsCognitive Liberty Technology Ecosystem Research.md#system-maturity-pipeline-and-deployment-readiness-assessment
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