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by sterlind 995 days ago
that seems unlikely. the Streisand effect suggests that censoring a topic sparks interest in it. like, the American public was so skeptical of Jeffery Epstein's apparent suicide that "Epstein didn't kill himself" became a widespread meme, and that's without your Internet connection getting reset if you Google his name. does the Streisand effect just not function in mainland China?