https://alamrafiul.com/tags/censorship/ Recent content in Censorship on Rafiul Alam https://alamrafiul.com/papermod-cover.png https://alamrafiul.com/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- gohugo.io en Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://alamrafiul.com/blogs/streisand-effect/ Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://alamrafiul.com/blogs/streisand-effect/ <p>In 2003, photographer Kenneth Adelman was documenting coastal erosion in California. He took 12,000 aerial photographs of the coastline for the California Coastal Records Project.</p> <p>One of those photos happened to capture Barbra Streisand&rsquo;s Malibu mansion.</p> <p>The photo had been downloaded exactly <strong>six times</strong>. Two of those downloads were by Streisand&rsquo;s lawyers.</p> <p>Then Streisand sued Adelman for $50 million, demanding the photo be removed from the public website.</p> <h2 id="the-backfire">The Backfire</h2> <p>The lawsuit made headlines. Suddenly, everyone wanted to see the photo that Barbra Streisand was trying to hide.</p>