The Streisand Effect

BARKER STREISAND Barbra Streisand flew her three dogs 10,000 miles to watch her perform in London [More]

Now there's someone with opinions we should take seriously.

The Streisand Effect

Barbra Streisand: Sexism Cost Me Multiple Oscar Nominations [More]

Yes, because it couldn't possibly be her.

Streisand Effect Writ Large

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I'd like to believe that someone over at GP recognizes insanity and posted this "warning" as an act of creative defiance.

UPDATE: They evidently received a flood of ridicule so the FB post is no longer there. Here's what they were warning against.

Streisand Effect in 3...2...1...

Democrat Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL) says that people who are “making fun of members of Congress” online “should be prosecuted” [More]

I'm your huckleberry.

"Your Public Servant"

Lawmaker Gets Photoshopped, Wants to Make it a Crime [Read]

Guess this moron never heard of the Streisand Effect... 

Of course bigger fish than he have been caught in that net.

The Shape of Things to Come

Besides demanding that the video be taken down, the Clinton campaign has demanded the personal contact information of the performers that appear in the recording. [More]

Hey, it's not like intimidating/eliminating critics of rulers isn't a time-honored totalitarian tradition.

This is a job for the Streisand Effect!

What an appropriate video title: Hillary Clinton vs. the First Amendment. No one thought it was just the Second she hated, did they?

And I think the comedienne talking about Hillary divorcing Bill and marrying the "First Bitch" is not only funny, it's probably prescient.

Come Blow Your Horn

'If we cannot sleep, de Blasio won't sleep': Furious New York residents honk their horns outside the NYC Mayor's home in the middle of the night over his refusal to address the constant fireworks across the city keeping them up at night [More]

I used to work in the fireworks industry in California, initially brought in to help fight municipal ballot measures to ban them. The "rationale" was to blame tepid "safe and sane" fountains for the stuff brought in from Pahrump and beyond that had Morton Thiokol O-rings. In my experience, the prohibitionists were the same tight-@$$ed white "progressives" who are also against guns. I hope they're all losing sleep.

It figures they'd be hostile to John Adams' advice:

It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward, forever. 

Let's hope this produces a well-deserved Streisand Effect for everyone involved.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Beyond Criticism Enough

... Buglio, the Chief of Police for the West Hazleton Police Department, threatened a private citizen with criminal charges, in retaliation for social media posts created by the private citizen that were critical of Buglio and of the West Hazleton Police Department. [More]

I feel a Streisand Effect coming on...

[Via Michael G]

Removing Evidence

AmmoLand Editors Update 8:48pm ESt 6/7/2016 The Lip TV files a Copyright Takedown Notice with Youtube to prevent AmmoLand News from showing a small clip of their video of Ms. Soechtig breaking the law. [More]

I guess these people have never heard of the Streisand Effect.

You can't stop the signal. This is going to follow Couric, Soechtig, The Lip and Epix around as an irrefutable indictment against their integrity.

Good.

And YouTube is run by little bitches, too. They removed the soundtrack from the Cefalu parking lot termination video because the car radio was playing in the background.

We're the Only Ones Bubbly Enough

The Toronto policeman dubbed "Officer Bubbles" over an incident during the G20 summit has launched a million-dollar lawsuit against website YouTube. Const. Adam Josephs filed a $1.2-million lawsuit over cartoons that have surfaced since the incident. [More]

What, like this one?

I guess Mr. Bubble here never heard of the Streisand effect?

[Via Steve T]

It's Not Just the Second Amendment

Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes is asking for a federal investigation into a sign posted by a gun store owner ... “If this gun dealer feels that it’s legal for him to display negative images of the president of the United States, keep in mind that he must have some kind of license,” Stokes said. “We’re asking the attorney general of the United States to do an investigation and let’s see whether the rules and regulations have been violated.” [More]

What a moron. These fascist thugs don't like the First Amendment, either.

And why did the gun store owner post the sign?

More Kenneth Stokes comedy gold...

Time to Streisand Effect this fool:

That and add a dash of Alinsky Rule 5.

Note to the Thai Royals

Y'all are really asking for the Streisand Effect with this one...[Read]

After seeing this, I'm not so much interested in insulting them as expressing solidarity with any freedom-minded Thais who would like to alter and abolish those destructive to the ends of freedom.

Lese-majesty my...foot.

Sounds Like a Streisand Effect Waiting to Happen

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Be a shame if that made the gathering twice as large...

A Serious Threat?

Blogger threatened with 10-year prison sentence for posting public official’s phone number...[More]

So if I cut and paste the information or produce a screenshot from this public document, paid for with tax money and even downloadable, I could be threatened with 10 years in the slammer?

I don't believe it. This I've gotta see for myself.

Anybody feel some kind of Streisand Effect or something going on here...?

So you mean to tell me if I put  angelene f. richardson 617-343-4500 into the Google search bar, that those responsible for all the results that turn up will also be subject to such a threat, including the City of Boston? And they'd send guys with guns to haul the ones who survived the jackboot encounter away?

Really?  That's horrible. That sounds like something out of Stalinist Russia.

Or Beantown. The Mumbles Administration 'n all...

Hey, nice jersey...

[Via Florida Guy]

How Do I Get in on Some of This Action?

They now face up to seven years in prison for running a page that featured memes and doctored photos of junta leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha -- the former army chief who seized power two years ago. [More]

What, like this?

Can you guys try foreigners in absentia?  A conviction by bloody-handed tyrants would look great on my CV.

The Streisand Effect -- it's not just for delusional celebrities any more.

We're the Only Ones Personally Accountable Enough

Own it, Jerry Bledsoe. [More]

And enjoy the Streisand Effect...

[Via Mack H]

By Hook or By Crook

[T]he Sandy Hook father sent Google a notice demanding takedown of Volokh’s post, which had simply reported on the controversy without taking defendants’ side. “Failure to do so will leave no alternative but to seek legal redress and remedies in the appropriate court of law. PLEASE BE GOVERNED ACCORDINGLY.”  [More]

I guess Lenny Pozner never heard about the Streisand effect...

[Via Michael G]

Feel the Bern

Sanders Lawyers Do Not Like These “Bernie Is My Comrade” T-Shirts One Bit [More]

Did someone say "Streisand Effect"?

[Via Mike M]

UPDATE: If this doesn't get me a cease and desist, I'll have to send 'em this.

I Feel Your Pain

It seems these bouts of censorship are likely caused by liberal Facebook users marking articles as "spam." The social media company later removed the blocks, but censoring articles in the hours after their publication does a serious disservice in the news industry, where fresh information has the most pertinent impact. [More]

What this means, as I've discussed when it happens to me, is that I have been sent a friend request by an enemy intent on disrupting and hampering the sharing of my work.  And I've told Facebook that.

Because I only use "social media" to promote my work, I never send out "friend" requests, I only accept them. That's because I don't want to solicit acceptance and then abuse that with self-promotion. If my stuff shows up on anyone's feed but my own, it's on them, not me.

Ideally, I'd like to see complaining rats outed, but realistically I'd settle for Facebook removing that person from access to stuff I post. That they don't -- especially after being contacted numerous times -- tells me they want to enable such disruption.

On the plus side, yes, it's a PITA, but it also creates a Streisand Effect by calling more attention to what the trolls are trying to suppress.

About Face

Cops Post Mugshots Of Antifa Rioters, Liberals Freak Out [More]

I always love a good Streisand effect:

[Via Michael G]