29 min
Are the dead taking over Facebook? The Death Diaries
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- Society & Culture
On this episode I talk with Carl Öhman, a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. His research looks at the ethical and political challenges that arise from the growing volume of ‘digital human remains’ – data left by deceased users – on the internet. This includes questions of about what happens to our data when we die, what should we do with dead people's data? And who should decide?
Links:
How to Setup a Legacy Contact on Facebook The Oxford Internet Institute, Digital Ethics Lab Edina Harbinja Research
On this episode I talk with Carl Öhman, a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. His research looks at the ethical and political challenges that arise from the growing volume of ‘digital human remains’ – data left by deceased users – on the internet. This includes questions of about what happens to our data when we die, what should we do with dead people's data? And who should decide?
Links:
How to Setup a Legacy Contact on Facebook The Oxford Internet Institute, Digital Ethics Lab Edina Harbinja Research
29 min