Impact Factors • Severity: The scope of users that could be affected by potential adverse impacts arising from government involvement in the Lantern Program is large, with the scale of impact ranging from serious to potentially life or liberty threatening—for example, when government involve- ment leads to surveillance and adversely impacts users’ right to privacy. Adverse impacts arising from government involvement may range from remediable (e.g., where law enforce- ment access to the Lantern Program is revoked) to not remediable (e.g., where an individual has been wrongfully arrested or detained). • Likelihood: The likelihood of adverse impacts related to government involvement may be higher in the Lantern Program compared to individual platforms, and will vary depending on the participant engaging with the government, the type of platform they have, the markets they operate in, and the platforms’ existing relationships with governments or law enforce- ment agencies. Platforms with close existing relationships with government or law enforce- ment agencies may be more likely to receive requests to share data. Companies operating in countries with authoritarian governments or where there are fewer human rights protections may also face a higher likelihood of government involvement associated with their participa- tion in the Lantern Program. • Attribution: Individual participants of the Lantern Program may have existing interactions with government or law enforcement agencies with respect to their content moderation efforts, and they may already receive requests to share user data. However, risks to users may be compounded by the cross-platform nature of the Lantern Program because the program may draw interest from government and law enforcement agencies and lead to demands for the signals and data shared in the Lantern database, creating new risks to users. • Leverage: The Tech Coalition’s leverage may be limited by the fact that government involve- ment in the Lantern Program may occur via individual participants (e.g., law enforcement requests to receive data from or contribute signals to the Lantern database may be received by participants rather than the Tech Coalition). However, leverage exists through reinforcing Lantern Program guidelines and principles, providing clear communication on database access restrictions, and requiring increased transparency from participants with respect to their response to government and law enforcement requests. BSR TECH COALITION HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT 38