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How to honor a dying child's request to speak as them posthumously

My teenage son is dying of cancer and he asked me to post on his social media after he dies to tell people thank you but I do not know if I can pretend to be him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Final requests to maintain digital presence can ask survivors to take on identities that complicate their own grief.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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