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alessandro acquisti @alessandroacquisti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
link to our new manuscript in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/..., Reproducibility of social science research using aggregate statistics with noise infused for differential privacy Ryan Steed, Eduardo Abraham Schnadower Mustri, and Alessandro Acquisti
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alessandro acquisti @alessandroacquisti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
They are smaller than impacts due to typical levels of data error, and smaller than rates of disparity typically observed in replication studies. Our study estimates key trade-offs that could inform policymakers and data curators designing the next generation of privacy-preserving technologies.
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alessandro acquisti @alessandroacquisti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
We replicated 93 social science studies involving regression analyses of aggregate statistics, and found that, under levels of noise commonly used in industry, the impacts of differential privacy on reproducibility are limited. 3/
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alessandro acquisti @alessandroacquisti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This technique has triggered heated debate among social scientists about the potentially deleterious impacts of random noise on scientific findings. 2/
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alessandro acquisti @alessandroacquisti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
To help preserve privacy, the US Census Bureau, Meta, and other prominent organizations have added statistical randomness, or noise, to statistics about people before public release. 1/
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alessandro acquisti @alessandroacquisti.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
thank you @rcalo.bsky.social !
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alessandro acquisti @alessandroacquisti.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Recording is now available: youtu.be/jLhJmgd0uPg?.... Thank you @daniel-solove.bsky.social ky.social‬, always a pleasure.
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The Economics of Privacy
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alessandro acquisti @alessandroacquisti.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Looking forward to join the amazing @daniel-solove.bsky.social‬ on his live broadcast today at 1pm EST
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