Article 18: Freedom of Thought — Rankings

Article 18 Freedom of Thought

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Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

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# ▼	HRCB	Pts	Cmt	Conf	Story	Editorial	Structural	SETL	Evidence	Overall
1.	+0.86	0	0	64%	[CAL] Human Rights Watch (EP-3) (www.hrw.org)	+0.88	+0.85	+0.16	High	+0.78
2.	+0.72	1516	629	56%	What we talk about when we talk about sideloading (f-droid.org)	+0.80	+0.60	+0.40	High	+0.58
3.	+0.70	1485	126	45%	John Perry Barlow has died (www.eff.org)	+0.90	+0.40	+0.67	High	+0.47
4.	+0.70	16	3	56%	War Is a Racket (Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC) (archive.org)	+0.70	ND	ND	High	+0.00
5.	+0.70	44	3	42%	Every privacy concession in history has been permanent (nbtv.substack.com)	+0.70	ND	ND	High	+0.54
6.	+0.70	1597	354	45%	Mark Klein, AT&T whistleblower who revealed NSA mass spying, has died (www.eff.org)	+0.70	ND	ND	High	+0.67
7.	+0.68	2	0	52%	City of Rings (archive.org)	+0.70	+0.65	+0.19	High	+0.56
8.	+0.66	745	314	45%	I Have Resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee (shkspr.mobi)	+0.70	+0.60	+0.26	High	+0.12
9.	+0.66	1478	564	30%	F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree (f-droid.org)	+0.70	+0.60	+0.26	High	+0.49
10.	+0.60	14	3	26%	Why Apple's move to video could endanger podcasting's greatest power (www.anildash.com)	+0.80	+0.30	+0.63	High	+0.48
11.	+0.60	741	613	43%	Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians (www.zdnet.com)	+0.60	ND	ND	Medium	+0.65
12.	+0.60	1460	1256	33%	ISPs should not police online speech no matter how awful it is (www.eff.org)	+0.60	ND	ND	Medium	+0.55
13.	+0.58	1635	421	23%	Facebook is an attack on the open web (daringfireball.net)	+0.50	+0.70	-0.37	Medium	+0.31
14.	+0.57	88	16	52%	Optophone (en.wikipedia.org)	+0.55	+0.60	-0.17	Medium	+0.48
15.	+0.56	724	498	26%	No science, no startups: The innovation engine we're switching off (steveblank.com)	+0.80	+0.20	+0.69	High	+0.28
16.	+0.54	3270	473	45%	Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?	+0.60	+0.50	+0.24	Medium	+0.47
17.	+0.53	1090	3313	29%	Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah (www.nbcnews.com)	+0.55	+0.50	+0.17	Medium	+0.37
18.	+0.52	471	260	22%	Leaving Google has actively improved my life (pseudosingleton.com)	+0.60	+0.40	+0.35	Medium	+0.44
19.	+0.52	1214	960	25%	Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta (www.dropsitenews.com)	+0.60	+0.40	+0.35	Medium	+0.58
20.	+0.50	752	312	20%	Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details (www.dailymail.co.uk)	+0.50	ND	ND	Medium	+0.37
21.	+0.50	770	482	39%	Where's the shovelware? Why AI coding claims don't add up (mikelovesrobots.substack.com)	+0.50	ND	ND	High	+0.19
22.	+0.50	2260	824	28%	Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life (www.eff.org)	+0.70	+0.20	+0.59	Medium	+0.53
23.	+0.50	932	148	30%	Full Time (www.marginalia.nu)	+0.50	ND	ND	High	+0.33
24.	+0.48	691	287	39%	Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy (www.thebignewsletter.com)	+0.50	+0.45	+0.16	Medium	+0.55
25.	+0.48	4	1	41%	ProtonMail and SMTP and Linux is out of beta (protonmail.com)	+0.50	+0.45	+0.16	Medium	+0.42
26.	+0.47	2		44%	Show HN: ClinTrialFinder –AI-powered clinical trial matching for cancer patients (www.clintrialfinder.info)	+0.45	+0.50	-0.16	Medium	+0.50
27.	+0.47	0	0	35%	[CAL] Gab (EX-4) (gab.com)	+0.65	+0.40	+0.40	High	+0.24
28.	+0.47	8	0	31%	Should Social Media Algorithms Have Age-Based Safeguards for Over-60s? (petition.parliament.uk)	+0.40	+0.50	-0.22	Medium	+0.34
29.	+0.47	73	16	56%	PL/0 (en.wikipedia.org)	+0.45	+0.50	-0.16	High	+0.41
30.	+0.46	3387	925	48%	Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates	+0.50	+0.40	+0.22	High	+0.46

Deep Dive 138 stories · all-time section stats

Stories

138

Avg

+0.26

Stddev

0.219

Best

+0.86

Worst

-0.45

Strongest alignment

+0.86

[CAL] Human Rights Watch (EP-3)

www.hrw.org

+0.72

What we talk about when we talk about sideloading

f-droid.org

+0.70

John Perry Barlow has died

www.eff.org

Weakest alignment

-0.45

AI makes you boring

www.marginalia.nu

-0.35

Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs

simonlermen.substack.com

-0.28

[CAL] Xinhua (EX-5)

www.xinhuanet.com

Evidence strength

High

22 (16%)

Medium

71 (52%)

Low

35 (26%)

8 (6%)

Directionality markers

Affirming

Framing

Pressuring

Advocacy

Contesting

Framing

Practice

Coverage

framing

advocacy

P: System capable of flagging/marking content; chilling effect potential

P: Open editorial process supporting ideological diversity

Framing user agency and choice

F:independence_framing

F:freedom_thought

F: surveillance chilling

F: intimidation operation may target freedom of conscience/belief

A:freedom_of_thought

A: software as expression; C: open source supports intellectual freedom

A: Supports freedom of thought through unimpeded information access

A: Protects conscience through anonymous participation

A: Freedom of thought protection through private communication

A: Freedom of thought embodied in article

A: Freedom of thought and conscience in scientific inquiry

A: Advocates freedom of thought, belief, and conscience

A: Advocacy for freedom of thought and conscience through values-based approach

A-moral_conscience

A-freedom_thought

Top themes

Privacy & Surveillance 7 Education & Knowledge Access 3 Privacy & Data Protection 2 Education & Digital Access 2 Workplace Discrimination & Equality 1 Work-Life Balance & Rest 1 User Autonomy & Transparent Governance 1 User Autonomy & Control 1 Technology/AI Advancement 1 Technology Governance & Labor Rights 1 Technology & Accessibility 1 Technology & Access 1

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