New human rights against mind-data-hacking (mind-reading and mind-manipulation through technology) proposed.
New human rights that would protect people from having their thoughts and other brain information stolen, abused or hacked have been proposed by researchers, as a response to advances in neurotechnology that can read or alter brain activity. [1][2]
Four new human rights for the freedom of the mind have been proposed in the open access journal Life Sciences, Society and Policy, by Marcello Ienca, lead author and PhD student at the Institute for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Basel, and Roberto Adorno, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich, also Research Fellow at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics of the same University. [2]
From the proposal’s excerpt:
“Rapid advancements in human neuroscience and neurotechnology open unprecedented possibilities for accessing, collecting, sharing and manipulating information from the human brain. Such applications raise important challenges to human rights principles that need to be addressed to prevent unintended consequences.

Roberto Andorno
This paper assesses the implications of emerging neurotechnology applications in the context of the human rights framework and suggests that existing human rights may not be sufficient to respond to these emerging issues. After analyzing the relationship between neuroscience and human rights, we identify four new rights that may become of great relevance in the coming decades: the right to cognitive liberty, the right to mental privacy, the right to mental integrity, and the right to psychological continuity.” [2]
1) The right to cognitive liberty, “the right to alter one’s mental states through technical means, and the right to refuse to do so”
This right concerns a person’s freedom to use, or refuse to use, brain stimulation and other techniques to alter their mental state. If adopted, it could defend people against employers who decide their staff might be more effective if they zapped their brains with weak electrical currents. In November last year, US military scientists reported that a procedure called trans-cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) boosted the mental skills of personnel. The devices are available on the open market, but there are concerns over their safety.
2) The right to mental privacy, “the right to prevent illegitimate access to our brain information”, as well as its sharing or publication.
This second right is intended to plug a gap in existing legal and technical safeguards that do nothing to prevent someone from having their mind read without consent.

Marcello Ienca
While modern brain scanners cannot pluck thoughts from a person’s head at will, improvements in the technology are expected to reveal ever more precise information about people’s brain activity. For example, in 2011, scientists led by Jack Gallant at the University of California in Berkeley used brain scans to reconstruct clips of films people had watched beforehand. Today, there are no firm rules on what brain information can be gathered from people and with whom it can be shared. What Ienca and Andorno fear is “the indiscriminate leakage of brain data across the infosphere”, as happens now with the personal information people share on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. (Actually, Facebook already launched its own almost-secret mind-reading project) [1] [2]
3) The right to mental integrity, “the right of individuals to protect their mental dimension from potential harm” e.g. through ‘hacking’ of a neuro-device.
The right to “mental integrity”, aims to defend against hackers who seek to interfere with brain implants, either to take control of the devices people are connected to, or to feed spurious signals into victim’s brains.

New forms of brainwashing include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to neuromodulate the brain regions responsible for social prejudice and political and religious beliefs, say researchers. (credit: U.S. National Library of Medicine)
4) The right to psychological continuity, “the right to preserve personal identity and the coherence of the individual’s behavior from unconsented modification” even if the modification is not harmful per se.
The fourth right, covering “psychological continuity”, would protect people from actions that could harm their sense of identity, or disrupts the sense of being the same person throughout their life.
“Mind control” is suddenly not just plausible, but actually rather popular. You can buy a “DIY human-human interface” online for just over £165, part of a project aiming to make neuroscience more accessible to young people. In one video by neuroscientist Greg Gage, two on-stage volunteers are connected to the device – little more than a few wires, some flashing circuitry and a laptop. When one subject curls their arm, the other is powerless to stop their arm curling too. [3]
As KurzweilAI’s website (Ray Kurzweil’s is a futurist and AI guru and Google executive) advises:
In a neurotechnology future, human-rights laws will need to be revisited
But it may be already too late: as usually nowadays, ethic is few steps behind the civilian research, that is usually much further back the military research.
It is advisable, that these four new human rights will be incorporated asap in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
References
[1] http://mindholocaust.is.the.nextholocaust.com/awareness/dossier/d/mind-reading
[2] https://lsspjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40504-017-0050-1, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28444626
[3] https://www.ted.com/talks/greg_gage_how_to_control_someone_else_s_arm_with_your_brain
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I have all the evidence from all the research that I have done and know 100 percent that my brain is hacked by a extremely abusive person who not only has infiltrated my mind but also uses their technology to cause pains in my body and a simulated stroke I don’t know what to do I want to shield my mind and body from this evil tyrant who abuses me mentally and physically
Since as far as I can tell this proposal was initiated I’m 2011. What has become of the safegaurds proposed in the ensuing years up to the present including 2019? Has any of the salient points in the presentation about cognitive liberty ever been put to the test? Is there case law precedence to refer to? If so how can one access such information?
I went to the hospital 4 ago for a help. They admitted me into the psyche unit. I was subjected to a A.I. brain reading program. In which they didn’t tell me. They placed a body scanner on me. After that. The nurses and patients heard my inner thoughts. They herassed me and repeated what was in my head. They conversated with me and answer back. The nurses had the other patients sit next to me and harasses me. At night I was afraid of them. They threatened me as if they were going to kill me. Ever since then my inner thoughts are heard by everyone. Now every year after that. The public knows what i am thinking. They answer back what I say in my head. Year after year. I thought i was going crazy. My family and public would hear what is in my head. They would make me feel as if I am going crazy. It is nothing that is easily explainable. Since those who answer back what I say in my head. Does not answer a direct question back about what is going on. I amplify like a speaker to the public and anyone that knows me. A.I. mind reading has got to stop. I need help.
My name is Traci Marie Martin-Dansby from Lou. My. And this brain reading is being done to me against my will. I feel so violated its unreal. I need help and feel my civil res r Vai g violated. I recant contacted a civil res attorney. I bieve it’s bro g do r by my soon to be as husband in order to get a keep control of the custody of our children and financial assets in our up coming and inevitable divorce that was preplanned by him as a result of an affair has been having for yrs in secrecy. I need yr in put and/or help. Thank you very much this is really having a VERY STRO G NEGATI E IMPAVT ON MY LIFE AND ANY SUCCESS I COULD BE HAVING OTHRR WISE. it’s been going on for over 2yrs.
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