Unintended consequences
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In the social sciences, unintended consequences are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen. The term was popularized in the 20th century by the American sociologist Robert K
A gully erosion in Australia caused by rabbits, an unintended consequence of their introduction as game animals
Sea life on the wreck of the sunken USS Oriskany
The infamous photo of the Streisand Estate
Chinese poster encouraging children to attack sparrows
Streisand effect
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The Streisand effect is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the informa
The Streisand effect is named after Barbra Streisand.
When the French intelligence agency DCRI tried to delete Wikipedia's article about the military radio station of Pierre-sur-Haute, much of which came from a documentary made with the cooperation of the French Air Force and freely available online, the article became the French Wikipedia's most-viewed page.