Choose Someone to Manage Your Facebook Account After You Die - SFGate
Another answer in the ongoing quest to determine who owns the internet Book of the Dead.
Facebook is making it easier to plan for your online afterlife.
The world’s biggest online social network said Thursday that it will now let members pick someone who can manage their account after they die. Previously, the accounts were “memorialized” after a user’s death, locked so that no one could log in.
But Facebook says its users wanted more choice. Beginning in the U.S., Facebook users can now pick a “legacy contact” to post on their page after they die, respond to friend requests and update their profile picture and cover photo. Users can also have their accounts deleted after their death, which was not possible before.
If you want someone to manage your account after you die, click on the upside-down triangle on the top right corner of your page and find “security settings.” For U.S. users there will be an option to edit your legacy contact, who must be a Facebook user. But you don’t have to pick someone else to manage your account. You can also check a box to permanently delete your account when you die.
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