[qwerty456127]

Perhaps, but I can't imagine any. By the way, did you know simply adding "banned" to a video title in YouTube immediately attracts more views? Banned commercials (I can't imagine myself voluntarily watching an advertisement if it was not banned), banned TED talks, books and movies banned in some countries (I've first learnt about some books and movies I've read/watched right from these lists). I probably wouldn't even ever try drugs if these were not prohibited (I'm not an addict but I'm really glad I had some psychedelic experiences and the ban was what made me curious initially). Of course this doesn't mean I would do something really bad like robbing people just because this is outlawed, it's more about knowledge and experiences. I don't know why does this work but knowing you are not meant to know something but actually can learn about it creates urge hard to resist and I only care to actually resist it when it's about other people's personal privacy or business ethics (so I never read other's emails although, being a system administrator, I can).

[traderjane]

But I'm not sure what you're talking about are contexts where people think they're doing a banned or taboo activity.

Looking up a YouTube video on banned TED talks and etc sounds like a safe, banal activity one does from home. You can tell your coworkers, your friends, the police, and nobody will care. I would suggest that for the US, something taboo would be like talking about racial supremacy and eugenics.

But due to free speech rights and history, I'm not sure the US has something similar to a political or national event people can't talk about. I would also say cultural retaliation is different from government retaliation.