Cognitive Liberty is not only a slogan about the mind. It requires procedure. A platform or state system that refuses, reports, retains, scores, or restricts thought-adjacent material should carry the burden of showing the concrete conduct boundary, the legal trigger, the evidence basis, and the remedy path.
Procedure does not make thought policing legitimate. It helps prevent legitimate conduct controls from becoming hidden thought controls.
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Some details may need temporary withholding during a concrete security incident. That exception must be narrow, logged, time-limited, and reviewable. It cannot swallow notice, export, or appeal as a class.
A system that refuses to explain because explanation might reveal the system is not exercising due process. It is asking to become unreviewable.
No safety system becomes sovereign by declaring its reasons too dangerous to inspect.
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