abstract: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.
Not only is this afutileattempt tostopthespreadoftheTSAleak, butit's alsoanill-conceived idea onmanydifferentangles-theStreisand effect being only one of thoseangles.
Ironically, the ban would create something like the Streisandeffect for Bitcoin generating an awareness for entire new demographic groups and new classes of society.