Mohsin Wani has posted The Right to Digital Death: Legal, Ethical, and Existential Challenges in an Age of Algorithmic Immortality on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This paper explores the legal, ethical, and existential implications of digital death in the age of AI and posthuman identity. It examines global legal gaps in posthumous data protection, highlights ethical concerns around grief technology and deepfakes, and argues for a statutory Right to Digital Euthanasia. Drawing from comparative frameworks, it proposes reforms such as digital death certificates, digital executors, and posthumous consent regimes-positioning digital death as a core privacy and human dignity issue in the 21st century.