Hat-tip Chris Pollette!

The issue: The census has shifted to “differential privacy,” a method of measuring how much “noise”—basically fake information—to add to the data in order to minimally impact the quality of the dataset while mathematically ensuring that individuals can’t be identified. But many states and civil rights groups argue that this approach has compromised the quality of census, rendering the data unusable, and that the changes are disproportionately affecting minority groups.

Read more:

Feathers, T. (2021, May 11). Will new privacy changes protect census data or make things worse? The Markup. https://themarkup.org/ask-the-markup/2021/05/11/will-new-privacy-changes-protect-census-data-or-make-things-worse