"Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind," wrote the playwright John Milton in 1634.
But, nearly 400 years later, technological advances in machines that can read our thoughts mean the privacy of our brain is under threat.
Now two biomedical ethicists are calling for the creation of new human rights laws to ensure people are protected, including "the right to cognitive liberty" and "the right to mental integrity".
Scientists have already developed devices capable of telling whether people are politically right-wing or left-wing. In one experiment, researchers were able to read people's minds to tell with 70 per cent accuracy whether they planned to add or subtract two numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 15 2017, @03:42PM
Its not really going to be computers deleting thoughts its going to be wikipedia deletionist style people.
Well, crap. So it's just yet another clickbait article meant to troll for a good flamewar about "fake news," then.