arXiv cs.CLAugust 19, 2026
The politics of postmortem privacy
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arXiv:2608.16905v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: While the existence of postmortem privacy is increasingly acknowledged (such as the protection of the presence of deceased within digital spaces), far less attention has been paid to its internal instability: its scope (the extent of its application), justificatory foundations (why do we protect the deceased in the first place), and uneven articulation across jurisdictions (for example, some jurisdictions may tolerate or endorse practices that ma