史翠珊效应

芭芭拉.史翠珊据说是一个集歌唱、演艺、导演于一身的才女（和徐静蕾有点像？），还算有点名气。就在2002年一加州摄影记者为报道加州Malibu海岸线土石侵蚀情形，沿着海岸线拍摄了一些照片，其中一张就是芭芭拉.史翠珊坐落在海边的豪宅。记者把照片放在一个默默无闻的网站，没人注意到，可是被史翠珊发现了，其极重隐私，不愿意毫宅后院曝光，要求记者拿下照片，记者拒绝，最后二者甚至造成对簿公堂。结果本来不受人注意的网站，因此声名大振，人人争相阅览。

The Streisand effect is a phenomenon on the Internet where an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information backfires, causing the information to be widely publicized. Examples of such attempts include censoring a photograph, a number, a file, or a website (for example via a cease-and-desist letter). Instead of being suppressed, the information quickly receives extensive publicity, often being widely mirrored across the Internet, or distributed on file-sharing networks. Mike Masnick said he jokingly coined the term in January 2005 “to describe increasingly common phenomenon”, the name being taken from a 2003 incident in which the singer Barbra Streisand attempted to use legal process to preserve her privacy, only to see the matter become far more prominent as a result.

The effect is related to John Gilmore's observation that "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."