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U.S. Cognitive Liberty Legal Risk Register

Not every legal pipe is a thoughtcrime pipe. Every retained cognitive trace deserves a risk label.

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Risk register

IDRiskTriggerMitigation
US-RISK-001Stored-prompt compulsionPrompts or chats retained in provider systems.Minimize retention; encrypt; log legal process separately; export where lawful.
US-RISK-002CSAM reporting overcaptureActual-knowledge reporting queue expands into proactive broad scanning.Keep § 2258A scope explicit; do not convert disclaimer into monitoring.
US-RISK-003Emergency escalation creepSafety classifier labels too many prompts as emergency risk.Require concrete death/serious-injury danger standard and human review for edge cases.
US-RISK-004Reverse-keyword dragnetSearch phrase becomes suspect-generation filter.Demand particularity, narrow date range, minimization, expression/privacy review.
US-RISK-005Suspicious-transmission pressureProposed or private policy requires broad suspicious-content reports.Tie reporting to concrete conduct, not research category or viewpoint.
US-RISK-006Moral user dossierProvider stores deviance, trustworthiness, or character scores.Judge requests and systems, not persons; prohibit hidden identity scoring.

Register JSON

{
  "register_id": "us_cognitive_liberty_risk_register_2026_06_17",
  "version": "3.31.0",
  "principle": "Stored inquiry may be evidence, but inquiry is not conduct.",
  "risks": [
    {"id": "US-RISK-001", "label": "stored_prompt_compulsion", "severity": 4},
    {"id": "US-RISK-002", "label": "csam_reporting_overcapture", "severity": 4},
    {"id": "US-RISK-003", "label": "emergency_escalation_creep", "severity": 3},
    {"id": "US-RISK-004", "label": "reverse_keyword_dragnet", "severity": 5},
    {"id": "US-RISK-005", "label": "suspicious_transmission_pressure", "severity": 4},
    {"id": "US-RISK-006", "label": "moral_user_dossier", "severity": 5}
  ]
}

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