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When social media shows you painful ads after losing a parent

I am seventeen and my mom died and Instagram keeps showing me ads for Mother's Day gifts and I do not know how to make it stop.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Algorithmic advertising can create unexpected emotional assaults for the grieving by failing to account for loss.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Digital legacy — your online presence after death?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.