Other states are spending nothing. If they don’t participate, the census would skew Republican, as would political maps based on the results. The details: California, with nearly 40 million residents, is set to introduce a $187 million campaign to encourage participation. Texas, the second-most-populous state, with 29 million residents, has elected not to spend any money, although volunteers are trying to fill the gap. To find out what happened, The Times spoke to Mark Zuckerberg, Edward Snowden, Ellen Pao and other leading figures in the tech world.

Source: International New York Times December 16, 2019 10:18 UTC