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      Facebook’s underground obituary pages

      pubsub.do.nohost.me / Rest of World · Thursday, 11 February, 2021 - 11:00

    When Letícia Werle’s mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer a few years ago, she and her sister were forced to make a series of difficult decisions. That included deciding what to do about their mother’s Facebook page. Both sisters agreed to delete the profile after her death, thinking it would be too painful to encounter her lingering presence online. Werle’s mother had used the internet to...

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      In Myanmar, one blackout ends, another begins

      pubsub.do.nohost.me / Rest of World · Wednesday, 10 February, 2021 - 13:45

    Early on the morning of February 1, Myanmar’s military seized power from the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, but Swe Pann, a university student in the country’s westernmost Rakhine state, didn’t know until more than a day later. “I couldn’t access the internet, so I didn’t have much information,” says the 22-year-old. “It felt like a normal day.” For the past 18 months...

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