English Explanatory Dictionary

Streisand effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon in which attempting to suppress an item of information attracts even more unwanted attention, thus furthering its dissemination.

Pronunciation

/ˈstɹaɪ.sænd əˌfɛkt/ en-au-Streisand effect.ogg

Word forms

Streisand effect Streisand effects

Etymology

Coined by Mike Masnick in 2005, after a 2003 incident in which singer Barbra Streisand attempted to have a picture of her house removed from a public collection of 12,000 images documenting coastal erosion in California.

Related words

backfire censorship epic fail freedom of speech

Derived words

Streisand
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