On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 7:06 PM Gunnar Larson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mr. City Council Man: > > There is a missing St. Bernard, named Brody out of Chelsea. > > The NYPD said, they took him to 110th St. Today, I surveyed 110th St., at > the location described and there was no Brody. > > Gunnar Larson > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Gunnar Larson <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 9:07 AM > Subject: Litigating Universal Cognitive Liberty > To: cypherpunks <[email protected]> > > > > https://litigationfinancejournal.com/litigating-universal-cognitive-liberty/ > > Litigating Universal Cognitive Liberty > > Freedom of thought is recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human > Rights (UDHR). Interestingly,, cognitive liberty is not recognized as an > international human right. Some want to change that, making the argument > that humanity has the right to be free to think whatever they want (freedom > of thought). > > The Ottawa Citizen reports > <https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/military-leaders-saw-pandemic-as-unique-opportunity-to-test-propaganda-techniques-on-canadians-forces-report-says> > that > the Canadian armed forces have launched ‘psychological operations’ as an > experiment in government propaganda to counter civil disobedience. > International human rights scholars are quick to point out that the lack of > protection of cognitive liberty in such instances is due to the relative > lack of technology capable of directly interfering with mental autonomy at > the time the core human rights treaties were created. > > Similar to a ransomware attack, the technology behind such operations can > be abused. Canada is said to have exploited advanced technologies without > the authority to do so. Even worse, it is alleged that Canada forcefully > abused technology in the unsanctioned production of reports that appeared > to be aimed at cognitive activities of Canadians. > > - Other reports highlight similar technologies being explored by the > New York City Police Department. > - In 2021 > > <https://gothamist.com/news/city-settles-lawsuit-protesters-who-accused-nypd-firing-sound-cannon-them>, > members of the National Lawyers Guild won $650,000 in litigation financed > fees from abuse of the technology in New York. > > The semantics empowering freedom of thought as a human right hold new > opportunities for modern international recognition of the right to > cognitive liberty. >
