Streisand effect
 Streisand effect    | |
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 The image of Barbra Streisand's house she tried, and so spectacularly failed to censor | |
| The phenomenon of counterproductive efforts to remove material which is already online. |
The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby attempts to carry out internet censorship are counterproductive - resulting in drawing more attention to the information.
Origins
The phrase was coined by Mike Masnick of Techdirt.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87809195 |title = The Streisand Effect' Snags Effort to Hide Documents |publisher = National Public Radio |work = All Things Considered |date = February 29, 2008 |first = Robert |last = Siegel |quote = The episode is the latest example of a phenomenon known as the 'Streisand Effect.'
“How long is it going to take before lawyers realize that the simple act of trying to repress something they don't like online is likely to make it so that something that most people would never, ever see (like a photo of a urinal in some random beach resort) is now seen by many more people? Let's call it the Streisand Effect.”
Mike Masnick (2005) [citation needed]
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Date |
|---|---|---|
| "Let's Go Brandon!" | “the phrase and meme are fast becoming the most censored words of 2021, yet still entire stadiums of fans at sports games now regularly in unison shout Let's go Brandon ...even at high school or college games.” | 20 December 2021 |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:I've Been Banned From Facebook for Sharing an Article About False Flags | article | 17 November 2017 | Caitlin Johnstone | Caitlin Johnstone's account of her Facebook censorship experience. |
