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Facebook to become a 'digital graveyard' as dead users outnumber living by 2070

The number of deceased Facebook users expected to outnumber the living by 2070. (Image, Courtesy)

Facebook is set to become a "digital graveyard" within 50 years, with the number of deceased users expected to outnumber the living by 2070.

A new report by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) - part of the University of Oxford - sets up two potential extreme scenarios.

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