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When someone else controls your deceased loved one's digital narrative

My brother overdosed six months ago and his ex-girlfriend keeps posting photos of them together on Instagram and tagging our family and it feels like she is performing grief that belongs to us.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Death in the digital age creates new territories of ownership over memory and mourning.

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“Where Are You with Data and privacy after death?”

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