The legal, cultural and sovereignty risks of post-mortem data
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The legal, cultural and sovereignty risks of post-mortem data

…As Western Tech races to advance the Digital Afterlife, can Ghana protect its sacred geography of grief?

Emmanuel Adu-Mensah
Published 6 days ago9 min read

In a brightly lit research laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder, computer scientists are attempting to solve one of humanity’s oldest mysteries: how to manage digital mourning and memorialization after a digital user dies.

Published by Francis Buetey
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