An American privacy emergency: Guest post from Cynthia Dwork et al.
Scott’s foreword: Cynthia Dwork is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, and a pioneer in the fields of differential privacy and algorithmic fairness. On my recent travels to the SigmaWest science camp and then STOC, there was much talk about a recent Trump administration action that would ban not only differential privacy, but […]
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Published: 2 July 2026
Source: Shtetl-Optimized (Scott Aaronson)
Category: Field notes
Topics: Bias & fairness · Privacy
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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