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MIT AI Risk Repository · Risk Sub-Category · 58.06.04

Loss of freedom of speech/expression

Category: Human rights and civil liberties

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Description

"Loss of freedom of speech/expression - Restrictions to or loss of people’s right to articulate their opin- ions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction."

From A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024), as extracted by the MIT AI Risk Repository (CC BY 4.0).

Classification

Subdomain
6.0
Causal entity
Other
Intent
Other
Timing
Other

How other frameworks describe this risk

  • Economic harm

    Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems (Gipiškis2024)

  • Environmental, economical, and societal challenges

    Regulating under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI (G'sell2024)

  • Structural

    Examining the differential risk from high-level artificial intelligence and the question of control (Kilian2023)

  • Political instability

    A Closer Look at the Existing Risks of Generative AI: Mapping the Who, What, and How of Real-World Incidents (Li2025)

  • Economic Risks

    Embodied AI: Emerging Risks and Opportunities for Policy Action (Perlo2025)

  • Societal System Harms

    Sociotechnical Harms of Algorithmic Systems: Scoping a Taxonomy for Harm Reduction (Shelby2023)

  • Environmental & Societal Impact

    AI Risk Profiles: A Standards Proposal for Pre-Deployment AI Risk Disclosures (Sherman2023)

  • Second-Order Risks

    The Risks of Machine Learning Systems (Tan2022)

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