First let us start off with defining all these big words in the title, and as every sane person we will take help of Wikipedia.
The Streisand Effect
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.
It is named after American entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose 2003 attempt to suppress photographs of her residence in Malibu, California inadvertently generated further publicity of it.
Right to be Forgotten
The right to be forgotten is a concept that has been discussed and put into practice in the European Union (EU) (most notably France) and Argentina in recent years.
In 2012, the European Commission published plans for a "right to be forgotten" law, allowing people to request that data about themselves to be deleted.
So, if you you have read this far I am sure you understand that on the internet these two things are like arch rivals.
The more you try to hide and suppress something on the internet, the more it will pop up everywhere and more people will get to know about it. "The Internet never forgets!"
Its easily evident from what happened after the European Commission, in 2012 published plans for a "right to be forgotten" law, allowing people to request that data about themselves to be deleted.
The judgement stresses that the rights of the individual are paramount when it comes to their control over their personal data. The ruling came after Mario Costeja Gonzalez complained that a search of his name in Google brought up newspaper articles from 16 years ago about a sale of property to recover money he owed.
And today everyone knows about Mario Costeja Gonzalez's "sale of property to recover money he owed" , how ironic.
ISIS
I had previously written and entire blog post on ISIS, but for all those people who have no clue-
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a Sunni jihadist group in the Middle East. In its self-proclaimed status as a caliphate, it claims religious authority over all Muslims across the world.
In short they are the most extreme terrorist group out there.
They have been recruiting people from UK, UK, Europe and even Asia.
They have been tweeting using different twitter #hashtags and also posting videos on YouTube to spread their propaganda so that more orthodox and extremists and people who are unaware of the truth get brainwashed and join them.
Recently they have beheaded two Americans journalists(James Foley on 19th August and Steven Sotloff on 2nd September) and just last night a Scottish aid worker (David Haines) who was working in Syria who was providing medicines to the people affected by the ongoing civil unrest.
All the videos of the beheading were uploading to YouTube in all cases and tweeted about on Twitter.
It sounds simple enough that YouTube should take down videos and Twitter should block hashtags and accounts instigated by the same groups. In both cases such speech is an incitement to violence, and hence illegal under British law. Having started as places for people to upload dating videos (YouTube) or let friends know what they are doing (Twitter), both networks have been thrown into the complex world of geopolitics, mixed with arguments over freedom of speech.
The fact that Isis fighters and would-be jihadists are digital natives who have grown up with cameraphones and internet access means that social networks are the first, rather than the last, place they look to spread their message.
Google and Twitter are happy to comply with the law (even share our private data with the government when required just as Snowden told us). Their problem, though, is that their systems are not set up to stop those videos, hashtags and accounts getting online – so taking them offline has become a game of "whack-a-mole", where no sooner have they been removed from one part of the site than they pop up at others. And the "Streisand effect" comes to play.
TheFappening
"The day the Internet Stood Still..... and fapped."
On 4chan an individual started posting private hacked pictures and videos of more than 20+ actresses including Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, Victoria Justice and many others. And soon people started tweeting pictures of these celebs on twitter, on reddit #TheFappening subreddit started and all the pictures and videos were being methodically compiled and soon all were getting uploaded to torrents. No matter where you go on the internet for example YouTube and searched for something like "best worldcup penalty shots"- the top comment would be "What are you doing here? #TheFappening is here."
And not even a day had passed lawsuits from the Hollywood lawyers started! celebrity.tumblr.com was taken down for hosting and publishing these pictures. The subreddit was banned. Google was asked to take down all photos from their search results... But we all know that that's impossible.
Twitter was banning people are random for tweeting to Jennifer Lawrence that her nude pics are amazing. And the drama continued with the people uploading all pictures and files to torrents and making new blogs and uploading them to different image sharing sites. Thousands of DMCA notices are still continuing. But we all know its no use.
The Streisand Effect
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.
It is named after American entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose 2003 attempt to suppress photographs of her residence in Malibu, California inadvertently generated further publicity of it.
Right to be Forgotten
The right to be forgotten is a concept that has been discussed and put into practice in the European Union (EU) (most notably France) and Argentina in recent years.
In 2012, the European Commission published plans for a "right to be forgotten" law, allowing people to request that data about themselves to be deleted.
So, if you you have read this far I am sure you understand that on the internet these two things are like arch rivals.
The more you try to hide and suppress something on the internet, the more it will pop up everywhere and more people will get to know about it. "The Internet never forgets!"
Its easily evident from what happened after the European Commission, in 2012 published plans for a "right to be forgotten" law, allowing people to request that data about themselves to be deleted.
The judgement stresses that the rights of the individual are paramount when it comes to their control over their personal data. The ruling came after Mario Costeja Gonzalez complained that a search of his name in Google brought up newspaper articles from 16 years ago about a sale of property to recover money he owed.
And today everyone knows about Mario Costeja Gonzalez's "sale of property to recover money he owed" , how ironic.
ISIS
I had previously written and entire blog post on ISIS, but for all those people who have no clue-
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a Sunni jihadist group in the Middle East. In its self-proclaimed status as a caliphate, it claims religious authority over all Muslims across the world.
In short they are the most extreme terrorist group out there.
They have been recruiting people from UK, UK, Europe and even Asia.
They have been tweeting using different twitter #hashtags and also posting videos on YouTube to spread their propaganda so that more orthodox and extremists and people who are unaware of the truth get brainwashed and join them.
Recently they have beheaded two Americans journalists(James Foley on 19th August and Steven Sotloff on 2nd September) and just last night a Scottish aid worker (David Haines) who was working in Syria who was providing medicines to the people affected by the ongoing civil unrest.
All the videos of the beheading were uploading to YouTube in all cases and tweeted about on Twitter.
It sounds simple enough that YouTube should take down videos and Twitter should block hashtags and accounts instigated by the same groups. In both cases such speech is an incitement to violence, and hence illegal under British law. Having started as places for people to upload dating videos (YouTube) or let friends know what they are doing (Twitter), both networks have been thrown into the complex world of geopolitics, mixed with arguments over freedom of speech.
The fact that Isis fighters and would-be jihadists are digital natives who have grown up with cameraphones and internet access means that social networks are the first, rather than the last, place they look to spread their message.
Google and Twitter are happy to comply with the law (even share our private data with the government when required just as Snowden told us). Their problem, though, is that their systems are not set up to stop those videos, hashtags and accounts getting online – so taking them offline has become a game of "whack-a-mole", where no sooner have they been removed from one part of the site than they pop up at others. And the "Streisand effect" comes to play.
TheFappening
"The day the Internet Stood Still..... and fapped."
On 4chan an individual started posting private hacked pictures and videos of more than 20+ actresses including Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, Victoria Justice and many others. And soon people started tweeting pictures of these celebs on twitter, on reddit #TheFappening subreddit started and all the pictures and videos were being methodically compiled and soon all were getting uploaded to torrents. No matter where you go on the internet for example YouTube and searched for something like "best worldcup penalty shots"- the top comment would be "What are you doing here? #TheFappening is here."
And not even a day had passed lawsuits from the Hollywood lawyers started! celebrity.tumblr.com was taken down for hosting and publishing these pictures. The subreddit was banned. Google was asked to take down all photos from their search results... But we all know that that's impossible.
Twitter was banning people are random for tweeting to Jennifer Lawrence that her nude pics are amazing. And the drama continued with the people uploading all pictures and files to torrents and making new blogs and uploading them to different image sharing sites. Thousands of DMCA notices are still continuing. But we all know its no use.
Google and Twitter trying to get rid of ISIS Propaganda & TheFappening
"The Internet Knows"
Long live... freedom of speech and Net Neutrality.
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