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.
These tidbits can either be true or false. Either way, they are damaging to the person who is not present to hear them. Like a wildfire, gossip can spread rapidly and cover a great many people in a short amount of time. I live in a very small town and it is a frequent occurrence to hear gossip about others. Sadly, there is no way to confirm whether these rumors are true or not. Even if it is true, itâs an invasion of privacy and generally tends to assassinate a personâs character. It degrades the person being spoken about. Gossip devalues them, embarrasses them, and can humiliate them if the gossip gets back to them.