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When your loved one's violent death becomes social media content for others

My nephew was murdered and people keep sharing the news articles about it on Facebook with their own commentary and seeing his death treated like a news story makes me feel like his life meant nothing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Traumatic deaths can become public content that strips away the humanity of the deceased and the privacy of grieving families.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social media memorialization?”

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