Sadly I don't think Samsung has to worry about the Streisand effect: how much worse can it really get for them?
This is just damage control for their products not to become complete jokes.
But Samsung has now become a joke for trying to take down the original jokes. I don't see how anyone at, or working for, Samsung felt this was in the company's best interest.
That's the part I don't get. Presumably they have a PR team that aren't idiots with the money they have. Surely they had to have thought this might happen, right? Right?!
I imagine it's separate teams. Everyone is probably doing everything they can as fast as they can.