UN Sounds Alarm over Technology that Can Read Human Minds
The report urges governments to require explicit consent and treat brain data as highly sensitive personal data before the technology reaches courts and prisons.
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UN sounds alarm over technology that can read human minds
The United Nations has issued its first formal warning that neurotechnologies are advancing so quickly that governments could one day reach into people’s brains — and treat their thoughts as evidence. The scenarios still sound like science fiction: officers pulling data from a suspect’s brain to force out information, or scanning minds to predict who […]
The scenarios seem to be science fiction: cops accessing data contained in the brain of suspects to extract information by force or predict if offenders could plan future crimes. Read more (10/09/2026
The UN has warned that the misuse of technologies that study brain activity could violate the privacy of thought. The report states that using these methods in criminal investigations poses risks to human rights.
The rapid development of neurotechnology may allow access to brain data, for policing and justice purposes, to consumer devices, warning
UNESCO Warns of New Brain Technology Threats
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has warned that the rapid development of neurotechnology could pose unprecedented threats to mental privacy, autonomy and freedom of thought unless ethical safeguards evolve alongside scientific innovation. The UNESCO Representative to Nigeria, Dr Isaias Barreto da Rosa, gave the warning in Abuja at a stakeholders’ roundtable […]
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