Pre-Atrocity Language in Law: How Legislation Signals Human Rights Erosion

Laws don’t always start with chains—they often begin with words. This video explores how historical and modern legislation uses coded language to justify rights abuses. From Executive Order 9066 to apartheid statutes, we uncover patterns: vague “national security” clauses, dehumanizing terms like “invader,” and sweeping emergency powers. Using NLP and historical data, we can now train models to detect red-flag language before the damage is done. Learn how authoritarian tendencies can hide in plain sight—and how to fight back with insight.

🔍 Topics Covered:

NLP models for pre-atrocity language detection

Executive Order 9066, Jim Crow laws, apartheid legislation

HR 2454 ("Alien Invaders Act") and modern surveillance laws

Red flag phrases and legal euphemisms

How history teaches us to read between the legislative lines

📚 Cited sources: U.S. and international legal archives, ACLU reports, academic research on authoritarian speech patterns.

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