Streisand effect – The increase in popularity of an item due to interest driven by the publicized outrage over its existence.

Streisand effect – The increase in popularity of an item due to interest driven by the publicized outrage over its existence.

Streisand Effect is a category of Internet phenomena in which a reckless attempt to censor or remove (in particular, by the means of cease-and-desist letters) a certain piece of information (such as photograph, file or website) instead backfires, causing

Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Embarking on a Media Revolution: My Participation in the Google News Initiative Pre-launch Lab.