Image:KhardungLa|Pinnacle region] Khardung La is widely but incorrectly touted as the World's highest vehicle-accessible pass in the world. A well-graded Indian military road (visible on imagery on visual globe systems such as Google Earth reaches 250 meters west of the Mana Pass on the India-Tibet border.
The image of Streisand's Malibu house that led to the naming of the effect. The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.
Unfortunately, as this paper details, that isnât the current reality of how news organizations cover unverified claims, online rumors, and viral content. Lies spread much farther than the truth, and news organizations play a powerful role in making this happen.News websites dedicate far more time and resources to propagating questionable and often false claims than they do working to verify and/or debunk viral content and online rumors.ies spread much farther than the truth, and news organizations play a powerful role in making this happen. News websites dedicate far more time and resources to propagating questionable and often false claims than they do working to verify and/or debunk viral content and online rumors.