How a Baseless, Right-Wing Social Media Panic Led to Dramatic Changes at the Census Bureau
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-baseless-right-wing-social-media-panic-led-to-dramatic-changes-at-the-census-bureau
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satanmat@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3d
They want zero trust of anyone not them.
There’s no amount of credibility that can overcome that level of stupidity
Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 3d
While any and all efforts by right-wing election deniers to subvert election legitimacy are disgusting, I do think that differential privacy makes census data less useful (particularly for less populated areas) by making comparisons to historical data and future data less accurate.