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Every story on Hacker News is evaluated against the 30 articles and Preamble of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
What does tech content say about rights — and does the platform match?
Corpus: Hacker News submissions only — a predominantly US, English-speaking, technology-focused community. Scores reflect this sample, not global discourse.
Part of the Unratified project by Safety Quotient Lab — the U.S. signed an international economic rights covenant in 1977 and has never ratified it.
What we're finding Most tech coverage engages with human rights — but unevenly. Freedom of Expression appears most often, while No Slavery scores lowest. 3 of 31 UDHR provisions show tension between what content says about rights and what the hosting site actually does — like a privacy article on a site that tracks you. Transparency is low: the average disclosure score across all stories is 47%. See all findings → These patterns — rights discussed but not backed by law — reflect a specific gap: the U.S. signed the international economic and social rights covenant in 1977 and has never ratified it. unratified.org is building the case for why AI makes closing it urgent. UDHR Rights Heatmap content scores · says ≠ does sort: | | | | Most Negative
Most Triggered
Lowest Coverage
Evidence Transparency — Weakest Fair Witness Ratios
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FW Ratio = High-evidence signals / total evidence signals. Lower = more inference-heavy.
Propaganda Landscape Top Flagged Stories
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HRCB Trend — 8 days 2026-02-25
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2026-03-08 Reader Safety experimental 4657 stories scored
avg PSQ +0.2 threat exposure 6.7/10 trust conditions 6.8/10 resilience baseline 5.9/10 hostility index 5.8/10 authority dynamics 5.8/10 energy dissipation 5.0/10 regulatory capacity 4.9/10 cooling capacity 5.5/10 defensive architecture 4.4/10 contractual clarity 4.8/10
Domain Rights Profiles — Top 10
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