memory hole

1. noun The figurative receptacle for information that a person or group seeks to remove from the public consciousness. A reference to the novel 1984, in which information to be destroyed (as due to conflicting with the Party's agenda) is placed into "memory holes." The administration is already trying to distance itself from the scandal, as various articles, social media posts, and other sundry pieces connected to the party disappear down the memory hole. The company is obviously trying to sweep their product into the memory hole after it proved to be one its worst failures of all time. In light of the public outcry over the book's racist imagery, the publishing house has removed it from circulation, effectively sending it down the memory hole.

2. verb To remove or hide something in this manner. In this usage, the phrase is often hyphenated. The actor has tried to memory hole his past sexual indiscretions, but in the Internet Age, nothing stays hidden for long. In light of the public outcry over the book's racist imagery, the publishing house has memory-holed it by removing it from circulation.