The Viewpoint Neutrality Audit

TL;DR: What a Viewpoint Neutrality Audit Exposes Before Litigation Does

A Viewpoint Neutrality Audit is a First Amendment compliance audit designed to identify where municipal speech policies may fail when applied consistently. If a public forum cannot withstand neutral application of its own rules, that vulnerability will eventually surface—either through deliberate, privileged review or through adversarial litigation. The audit determines which.

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AI, Literal Compliance, and the Disappearing Human Buffer in Municipal Systems

Most discussions about AI in government focus on speed, efficiency, or automation. That misses the real shift. The most consequential change AI introduces to municipal governance is perfect literalism. AI doesn’t just make review faster. It makes review complete, exact, and unforgiving. The End of Institutional Slack Municipal systems evolved with several quiet assumptions: No one reads everything. No one …