What happens to your Facebook account when you die? When a Facebook user dies, there are two options: delete the account or memorialise it. How can people plan for their digital legacy? Web-based companies with more than a billion users, such as Facebook and Google, rely on machines, and sometimes on cheap labour in places like the Philippines, as described in a recent article in Wired. Facebook has a “team that reviews memorialisation requests,” so I would assume this is similarly outsourced. Facebook suggests that you provide “a link to an obituary or other documentation about the death”. The form says this is optional but I would strongly recommend providing convincing evidence. [ Click the link to read this article in full theguardian/technology/askjack/2014/oct/30/what-happens-to-your-facebook-account-when-you-or-a-loved-one-dies ]
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:30:01 +0000
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