Grief in the age of the Internet

<p>A WhatsApp group that got started on Twitter helped journalist Suchandrika Chakrabarti process personal grief that she had been carrying for decades. Adult orphans around the world have started a group chat in which members amongst themselves about loneliness, grief—and just about everything else.</p><br><p>At a time when social media seems to be dominated by shouty voices, division and trolls, could this WhatsApp group pave a new way of relating to one another online?</p><br><p>Suchandrika’s article can be found here: <a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/science-and-technology/orphans-young-whatsapp-grief-death-parent" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/science-and-technology/orphans-young-whatsapp-grief-death-parent</a></p><br><p>And you can read Stephanie Boland’s article on Twitter here: <a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/why-we-cant-handle-online-criticism" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/why-we-cant-handle-online-criticism</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>