The Streisand Effect is a well-documented phenomenon where efforts to suppress or censor information lead to increased public attention to that very information. The term originates from a 2003 incident where Barbra Streisand attempted to block the publication of aerial photos of her home. Her actions led to the images gaining widespread attention and becoming much more popular than they would have been otherwise. And research supports this through various real-world examples and theoretical models. For instance, a study published in the International Journal of Communication highlights how attempts to censor information often backfire, resulting in greater dissemination and public awareness than would have occurred without the censorship attempt. This is because the act of trying to hide information inherently makes people more curious about it, thereby increasing its visibility.
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Following the unmatched success of the Solana (SOL) ecosystem catalyzed by its meme coin sector, Justin Sun’s Tron (TRX) has increased its focus on the same industry. According to an X post from Sun earlier today, the Tron network will welcome a new meme coin season through the SunPump. The SunPump is a meme fair launch platform on the Tron network, which leverages the SUN DEX. Currently, in the beta phase, the SunPump platform will offer users up to 99 percent off on gas fees. The SunPump platform has set several rules to ensure maximum protection of investors from predatory trading practices. For instance, the platform does not allow pre-sale and team allocation of any meme coin launched. Worth noting that SunPump will accelerate the TRX burn rate by enforcing the meme coin projects that have achieved a market cap of $69420 to burn $12k worth of TRX via SunSwap.
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The latest AT&T hack involved the theft of calls and texts of over 100 million AT&T customers. Although the stolen files contained no personal data or text content, the hacker demonstrated how a reverse-lookup program could easily connect the call and text message metadata to the names of family members, colleagues, and, in some cases, a user’s general location and movements. Stopping short of issuing an apology, AT&T simply acknowledged regret for the incident and casually slipped in the fact that disclosure of the data breach was delayed for two months by the FBI and Department of Justice. AT&T is one of many organizations that tout “cyber resilience” — a buzzword strategy that shows how well a company or government agency can anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to cyber-attacks. With cyber-attacks rising dramatically in the past year — as the AT&T debacle illustrates — the term is now synonymous with embarrassing system vulnerabilities.
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