Abstract
Social networks and online services are expected to have more dead than living users in the coming decades. Due to a lack of user regulations, their accounts and personal data may remain permanent and the deceased may continue to receive invitations to events, birthday greetings or messages from other users. Even despite new digital rights, heirs are often helpless against the problem of identifying all accounts on the Internet and gaining access to them and the data they have deposited. Based on an analysis of 33 social networks and online services, a survey of 173 Internet users and interviews with experts, we identify the challenges that currently exist in management of digital heritage on the basis of Russia's example and discuss solutions that appear suitable for shaping digital heritage in a user-oriented and demand-oriented manner in the future.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 419-426 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Jusletter IT |
| Issue number | May |
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| State | Published - 27 May 2020 |
Keywords
- Digital afterlife
- Digital inheritance
- Digital legacy
- Digital remains
- Digital rights