An ethical framework for the digital afterlife industry

Carl Öhman () and Luciano Floridi
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Carl Öhman: University of Oxford
Luciano Floridi: University of Oxford

Nature Human Behaviour, 2018, vol. 2, issue 5, 318-320

Abstract: The web is increasingly inhabited by the remains of its departed users, a phenomenon that has given rise to a burgeoning digital afterlife industry. This industry requires a framework for dealing with its ethical implications. The regulatory conventions guiding archaeological exhibitions could provide the basis for such a framework.

Date: 2018
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