{"id":37637,"date":"2013-04-08T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T08:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=37637"},"modified":"2013-04-08T10:30:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T08:30:55","slug":"how-to-delete-yourself-from-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=37637","title":{"rendered":"How to delete yourself from the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HA90-bznuqQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guardian<\/a> journalist Mark Rice-Oxley tries to erase his online self. But aside from deleting your social networking profiles, is this even possible? Are there sites out there that can help? Can you erase your doppelgangers? And where does your Facebook profile go when it is removed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian journalist Mark Rice-Oxley tries to erase his online self. But aside from deleting your social networking profiles, is this even possible? Are there sites out there that can help? Can you erase your doppelgangers? 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