Hansi Lewong
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1,358 appearances
173 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
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Beth Jaris of the Association of Public Data Users is concerned the ban comes with little explanation.
The Census Bureau took down multiple pages about data privacy protections from its website.
Hans-Hila Wong, NPR News.
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Federal law requires the Census Bureau to keep people anonymous in its statistics.
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The Trump administration has banned one of the main ways the Bureau has done that, adding what's known as statistical noise to make certain data fuzzy, especially data about local areas and minority populations who could be easy to identify.
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In a statement, Commerce Department spokesperson Kristen Eichemer says the indiscriminate use of noise infusion has undermined confidence in the department's products and cast doubt on their integrity.
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Eichemer did not respond when NPR asked for examples.
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Beth Jaris of the Association of Public Data Users is concerned the ban comes with little explanation.
voice-verified
The Census Bureau took down multiple pages about data privacy protections from its website.
voice-verified
Anzila Wong, NPR News.
voice-verified
Federal law requires the Census Bureau to keep people anonymous in its statistics.
The Trump administration has banned one of the main ways the Bureau has done that, adding what's known as statistical noise to make certain data fuzzy, especially data about local areas and minority populations who could be easy to identify.
In a statement, Commerce Department spokesperson Kristen Eichemer says the indiscriminate use of noise infusion has undermined confidence in the department's products and cast doubt on their integrity.
Eichemer did not respond when NPR asked for examples.
The Census Bureau took down multiple pages about data privacy protections from its website.
Anzila Wong, NPR News.
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