Maybe i don’t read enough history, but i wonder: does censorship after-the-fact actually work or does it backfire? In places where the news has been censored f

Maybe i don’t read enough history, but i wonder: does censorship after-the-fact actually work or does it backfire? In places where the news has been censored for a while (Russia, China), the public seems to accept it and believe the biased views. But if people are exposed to “fake news” and then see those news sites being censored and replaced with contradictory information, wouldn’t they just become more distrusted and paranoid?