The Streisand effect

The Streisand effect
The Streisand effect

Describes how efforts to suppress a piece of online.

The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.


Collateral Freedom: how we thwart censorship

Reporters Without Borders is launching “Operation Collateral Freedom”. To combat online censorship, Reporters Without Borders is unblocking access to news websites in order to make them available in the 11 countries where they are currently banned. In an original initiative designed to circumvent website (…)

12 May 2015


"India’s Daughter" the film banned by India

India’s Daughter (Banned By Indian Government). Director: Leslee Udwin - Series Editor: Nick Fraser. Originally, the BBC had decided to show it on March 8, coinciding with International Women’s Day, but suddenly decided to advance it even as a storm was raging in India, saying it will enable viewers to see this (…)

8 March 2015


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QSB-106: Information disclosure through uninitialized memory in libxl

We have published Qubes Security Bulletin (QSB) 106: Information disclosure through uninitialized memory in libxl. The text of this QSB and its accompanying (…)

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Hackers Use Excel Files to Deliver Remcos RAT Variant on Windows

This article explains the inner workings of the Remcos RAT, a dangerous malware that uses advanced techniques to…

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