When a damaging story stays online, it stays a threat. Suppression works by...

https://dibz.me/blog/why-is-removal-called-the-gold-standard-in-reputation-management-1081

When a damaging story stays online, it stays a threat. Suppression works by pushing negative content to page two, but the original link remains active and visible to anyone who digs deeper. Removal, or de-indexing, deletes the issue at the source