The Streisand Effect
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The Streisand Effect
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 19 Aug 2023
Planting a screen of fast-growing leylandii trees to screen the garden serves to draw attention to it and makes passers-by wonder what lies beyond. This is an example of the Streisand Effect, named after Barbra Streisand's attempts to have an aerial photo of her clifftop California mansion removed from a website documenting coastal erosion, attempts which had the perverse effect of publicising the photo. The hedge can be seen at the junction of Green Lane and St Martin's Road, on the southern tip of Coventry. On the Streisand Effect see Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.370016
Longitude
-1.514518