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In 2003, Barbra Streisand sued to remove an aerial photo of her Malibu home from the Internet, calling it a Privacy issue. Before the Lawsuit, it had only 6 views; after news spread, 420,000 people saw it within a month. Trying to hide information can make it far more visible.
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