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May 2019
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T6: What is death in the digital age?

Bbc Radio 4
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Cemetery Historian Katie Thornton on what happens to our digital selves when we die. Where are the cemeteries for our digital ghosts and who's looking after them? Produced by Eliza Lomas and Becky Ripley.

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