Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #boycott2020census
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Per 13 US Code § 221, full participation in the upcoming census appears mandatory (if relatively mild in degree of penalty.) Some folks on Twitter don't seem committed to following this particular statute, however.
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We downloaded tweets containing the word "census" in combination with "boycott", "skip", "refuse", "ignore", or "won't/will not fill out", as well as #BoycottTheCensus/#Boycott2020Census since 1/1/2019, yielding 10018 tweets from 8207 accounts.
The census boycott tweets form separate left and right-wing networks. Far more of the right-wing network is actually suggesting a boycott (15% false positives vs 63% for the left), though this may change if the administration somehow adds the question despite the court ruling.
