We came to Washington, DC with one central message: Technology is moving faster than the laws protecting the human mind. During Neuroethics Now’s Hill Days, we brought that conversation directly to congressional offices — and we came prepared. We discussed cognitive liberty, mental privacy, informed consent, neural data, AI, brain computer interfaces, government and contractor accountability, due process, and the rapidly evolving capabilities of neurotechnology. We talked about the gaps in current law. Only four states currently regulate neural data, and even those protections leave significant questions around what qualifies as protected data, government access, contractors and enforcement. We discussed the MIND Act as an important first step, while making the case for what must come next: enforceable protections, meaningful consent, independent oversight, transparency and a real path to redress. We also put today’s technology into historical context, from MKULTRA and congressional investigations into nonconsensual human experimentation to current federally funded programs such as DARPA’s N3 research into nonsurgical, bidirectional brain machine interfaces. The existence of that research is not evidence of civilian misuse. It is evidence that the policy conversation about safeguards, oversight and human rights needs to happen now. And we didn’t leave Congress with just a conversation. We left a packet behind. Research. Legislation. Patent records. Congressional testimony. Current neurotechnology programs. Documented legal gaps. Civilian reports clearly identified as such. And questions that deserve rigorous, independent investigation. But Washington is only one part of this. We need legislators who are willing to ask difficult questions and build meaningful protections. We need neuroscientists, neuroethicists, clinicians, legal scholars, academics and researchers willing to examine the evidence, challenge assumptions, identify what can and cannot be scientifically established, and help build credible standards for the future. This cannot belong to one community alone. The people developing the technology, the people writing the laws, the people studying the brain, and the people advocating for human rights need to be at the same table. Because the question is no longer simply what neurotechnology can do. The question is what we, as a society, will allow it to do — and what rights should never be negotiable. Mental privacy. Cognitive autonomy. Informed consent. Due process. The human mind should not become the next unregulated frontier. If you work in Congress, neuroscience, neuroethics, law, medicine, AI, technology policy or human rights, we want you in this conversation. #NeuroethicsNow #CognitiveLiberty #Neurorights #MentalPrivacy #Neurotechnology #Neuroethics #Neuroscience #TechPolicy #HumanRights #Congress Mind Nexus

This week, @NeuroethicsNow is in Washington, D.C. for Hill Days — meeting with congressional offices on both sides of the aisle to talk about neural data privacy and the ethical governance of neurotechnology. Only 4 states currently protect neural data. There's no federal law yet. We're asking Congress to close that gap. In our meetings, we'll be walking through: 🧠 The current patchwork of state and federal law — and where it falls short 🏛️ The MIND Act (S.2925) and why it's a meaningful first step, not a finished solution ⚖️ The Neural Safeguard Act of 2026, a citizen-drafted proposal we're asking members to consider sponsoring 🔍 Why oversight of neurotechnology can't wait until the technology has already outpaced our laws Cognitive liberty — the right to control your own mind, your own mental privacy — is a fundamental issue, not a niche one. We're grateful to every office that's made time to sit down with us this week. If you work in this space, or you're a congressional staffer who wants to get ahead of the conversation, we'd love to hear from you. Learn more: neuroethicsnow.org #CognitiveLiberty #NeuralPrivacy #HillDays

Your thoughts should be yours. 🧠   Neural data deserves the same protection as any other deeply personal information — right now, it has almost none. Join Neuroethics Now on Capitol Hill Sept 16–17 as we push Congress to close the gap, advocating for neural data privacy protections-before neurotechnology outpaces the law.   Sept 16–17, Neuroethics Now heads to Washington, D.C. for Hill Days   #NeuroethicsNow #CognitiveLiberty #MentalPrivacy #HillDays2026

Thank you to those of you who signed our letter in May for the House Committee on Ways and Means in support of H.4746, the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, and its neural data protections. Since then, the bill has advanced significantly. H.4746 was reported out of committee and passed unanimously by the House as H.5472. It has now gone back to the Senate, which is working to reconcile the House's amended version with its own bill, S.2619. We have prepared letters for the Senate appointed conferees, who are involved in that reconciliation process, urging them to preserve the strongest neural data provisions from both versions and to strengthen the bill's private right of action, which as currently drafted would be difficult to enforce for neural data harms. This bill would make Massachusetts the first state to comprehensively protect neural data. If you would like to add your name (with your title and affiliation, for identification purposes only) to the letters directed to the conferees, urging them to preserve the strongest provisions from both chambers and to fix the private right of action so it is actually enforceable. please reply here or email contact@neuroethicsnow.org with your name, credentials, and affiliation by July 10, 2026. Thank you for supporting the protection of cognitive liberty and mental privacy in Massachusetts. Respectfully, Executive Team Neuroethics Now contact@neuroethicsnow.org Web: neuroethicsnow.org Neuroethics Now Inc. is a volunteer-funded, non-partisan, non-profit, public education initiative and coalition of neuroscientists, clinicians, legal scholars and human rights advocates focused on cognitive liberty, mental privacy, and the ethical governance of neurotechnology. malegislature.gov/Bills/194/…

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This 4th of July, as we celebrate the freedoms this country was built on 250 years ago, let's remember that liberty has to keep pace with technology. Cognitive liberty, mental privacy, and the right to control our own minds aren't guaranteed by any current law, even as neurotechnology advances faster than our legal protections. The freedoms we celebrate today were fought for by people who saw what was coming before everyone else did. We're doing the same for the mind. Join us in pushing for the ethical governance and legal frameworks our neurological freedom deserves.

As neuroscience and digital systems increasingly interact with the human brain, one question becomes unavoidable: Who protects the mind? Neuroethics NOW convenes scholars, scientific researchers, clinicians, technologists, legislators and human rights activists to examine consent, cognitive liberty and ethical boundaries in an era of unprecedented neural influence. RSVP to join the conversation that defends the future of human agency: neuroethicsnow.org @boscenterarts

neuroethicsnow.org Your mind. Your rights. Your future. Neurotechnology is racing ahead of laws. Join us February 27th 2026 @boscenterarts an evening exploring the most critical human rights issue of our generation, protecting our cognitive liberty.