Memory hole
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| Founder(s) | George Orwell |
A Memory hole is a method of destroying documents that George Orwell famously described in 1984. Metaphorically, it refers to censorship or amnesia of unwanted information, especially as a result of an intention to deny the past in order to lie about it.
Usage
The phrase is often used with the preposition "down", so that documents, ideas or facts are said to vanish/slip/disappear "down the memory hole" when they are censorsed. For example, Harry Truman's call to check the CIA's powers, Osama bin Laden's denial of culpability for 9-11 or Jimmy Carter's statement that the US is not a functioning democracy.
Internet
Computers enables perfect recall of past data, leading to the saying that the "internet never forgets",[1]. Moreover, since the internet (and especially the world wide web) allow instantaneous moving of documents globally, the realisation of an effective memory hole is nowadays very difficult (and risks the Streisand effect).
This website is an effort to counter the memory hole phenomenon, to compile information and in so doing to expose deceptions past and present. The Memory Hole Blog is similar inspired.
An example
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| 9-11/Insider Trading | A mound of evidence points to insider trading. However, the 9/11 Commission decided not to investigate the matter and the SEC destroyed important records. |
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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| Search engine | “When trying to triangulate truth these days, it is often useful to employ multiple different search engines.” | Robert Malone | 28 January 2023 |
