In 2020 you can use it sensu lato
"The Streisand effect is a social phenomenon that occurs when an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information has the unintended consequence of further publicizing that information, often via the Internet."
I suggested the term as a succinct alternative to a robust comment
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Fri 16 Oct 2020, 6:47,
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fair enough, though these modern coinages do tend to semantically broaden themselves, a bit like someone yesterday on links calling some trailertrash racist a "karen"
I was more making the case that the consequences wouldn't be that bad, and I think that's been evidenced by it mostly falling off the news cycle today, not even the trump camp seems to show much energy in pushing it
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 16 Oct 2020, 7:24,
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