On June 4, the U.S. Commerce Department banned modern privacy techniques like differential privacy for Census and BEA data, reverting to outdated methods—a move critics say undermines confidentiality and follows political goals from Project 2025. Separately, Spotify removed over 500,000 streams of Malcolm Todd's "Earrings" after a suspicious surge to #1, coinciding with wagers on Kalshi that suggest traders may have manipulated the chart.