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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wyatte Grantham-Philips

Twitter is purging inactive accounts including people who have died, angering those still grieving

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Emily Reed lost her younger sister Jessica more than 10 years ago. For much of the last decade, she’s visited Jessica’s Twitter page to help “keep her memory alive.”

Twitter became one of the places where Emily processed her grief and reconnected with a sister she describes as almost like a twin. But Jessica’s account is now gone.

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