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==Proposed solutions==

* Partly in response to corporate arguments about financial costs that justify harsh inactive account deletion policies, the Pirate Parties International website had published opinion articles advocating for the creation of a Digital Legacies Treaty in which some large email and social media services will be treated as effective public utilities akin to healthcare and emergency services, as the financial costs required for the services to maintain access to user data would become a government expense, akin to a military defense budget. The Pirate Parties International also advocated for structured protocols for the services to follow if they decide to shutter their platforms, which can include bailout, takeover by another platforms, or donation of archival data to archival institutions such as the National Diet Library of Japan, the Bibliothèque nationale of France, and the National Archives of the USA.<ref>https://pp-international.net/2026/02/digitallegacies/</~~ref><ref>~~https://pp-international.net/2026/05/~~stopageverificationenforcement~~/</ref>

Partly in response to corporate arguments about financial costs that justify harsh inactive account deletion policies, the Pirate Parties International website had published opinion articles advocating for the creation of a Digital Legacies Treaty in which some large email and social media services will be treated as effective public utilities akin to healthcare and emergency services, as the financial costs required for the services to maintain access to user data would become a government expense, akin to a military defense budget. The Pirate Parties International also advocated for structured protocols for the services to follow if they decide to shutter their platforms, which can include bailout, takeover by another platforms, or donation of archival data to archival institutions such as the National Diet Library of Japan, the Bibliothèque nationale of France, and the National Archives of the USA.<ref>{{Cite web |author=KG |title=The Case for a Digital Legacies Treaty |url=https://pp-international.net/2026/02/digitallegacies/ |website=Pirate Parties International |date=10 Feb 2026 |access-date=1 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260306000633/https://pp-international.net/2026/02/digitallegacies/ |archive-date=6 Mar 2026}}</ref>

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 ==Proposed solutions==
-* Partly in response to corporate arguments about financial costs that justify harsh inactive account deletion policies, the Pirate Parties International website had published opinion articles advocating for the creation of a Digital Legacies Treaty in which some large email and social media services will be treated as effective public utilities akin to healthcare and emergency services, as the financial costs required for the services to maintain access to user data would become a government expense, akin to a military defense budget. The Pirate Parties International also advocated for structured protocols for the services to follow if they decide to shutter their platforms, which can include bailout, takeover by another platforms, or donation of archival data to archival institutions such as the National Diet Library of Japan, the Bibliothèque nationale of France, and the National Archives of the USA.<ref>https://pp-international.net/2026/02/digitallegacies/</ref><ref>https://pp-international.net/2026/05/stopageverificationenforcement/</ref>
+Partly in response to corporate arguments about financial costs that justify harsh inactive account deletion policies, the Pirate Parties International website had published opinion articles advocating for the creation of a Digital Legacies Treaty in which some large email and social media services will be treated as effective public utilities akin to healthcare and emergency services, as the financial costs required for the services to maintain access to user data would become a government expense, akin to a military defense budget. The Pirate Parties International also advocated for structured protocols for the services to follow if they decide to shutter their platforms, which can include bailout, takeover by another platforms, or donation of archival data to archival institutions such as the National Diet Library of Japan, the Bibliothèque nationale of France, and the National Archives of the USA.<ref>{{Cite web |author=KG |title=The Case for a Digital Legacies Treaty |url=https://pp-international.net/2026/02/digitallegacies/ |website=Pirate Parties International |date=10 Feb 2026 |access-date=1 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260306000633/https://pp-international.net/2026/02/digitallegacies/ |archive-date=6 Mar 2026}}</ref>
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