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Afterlife of Data questions fate of digital remains
A 2018 German high court ruling forced Facebook to reveal a deceased teen’s messages, spotlighting the ethics of posthumous data control. Carl Ohman argues Big Tech could own a global archive of human behavior if no norms or laws curb death data. The book notes memorialized accounts and legacy contacts still fall short of real access and protection.
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Berlin
Facebook
Germany
University of Chicago Press
Carl Ohman
Uppsala University
Sweden
Meta Platforms Inc
Alphabet Inc
Apple Inc
Ohman
David Watson
Black Lives Matter
MeToo
Napoleon Bonaparte
Karl Marx
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Myanmar