The Streisand Effect and Censorship Backfire¶
Jansen, S. C., & Martin, B. (2015). The Streisand Effect and Censorship Backfire. International Journal of Communication, 9, 656-671.
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Primes¶
- Streisand Effect
- In censorship and content moderation, takedown orders, platform deletions, and bans regularly amplify the targeted content: the attempt becomes a news story, the content is archived and re-uploaded, and final reach exceeds the pre-action baseline.
This sourceAnalyzes how visible attempts to censor or suppress information (takedowns, lawsuits, bans) backfire by attracting attention and propagation, the canonical scholarly treatment of the effect and its preconditions.
- In censorship and content moderation, takedown orders, platform deletions, and bans regularly amplify the targeted content: the attempt becomes a news story, the content is archived and re-uploaded, and final reach exceeds the pre-action baseline.
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