In one shady corner of YouTube, users are uploading videos of themselves summarizing the obituaries of strangers, sometimes fabricating details about their deaths. They’re known as “obituary pirates.” ...

Obituaries for writer Deborah Vankin popped up online in January, complete with morbid images and flattering prose. In videos accompanying the announcements, “news anchors” discussed her death and ...

We can only hope that this unfortunate situation doesn’t affect you or anyone you care about. If, unfortunately, you have died, there’s little your loved ones can do to prevent someone from exploiting ...

The rush to monetize grief leads to the creation of AI obituaries, turning personal loss into clickbait and exposing the dark side of online memorials. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering ...

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