{"id":42218,"date":"2015-02-13T13:54:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T05:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=42218"},"modified":"2015-02-13T13:54:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T05:54:23","slug":"facebook-from-beyond-the-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/13\/facebook-from-beyond-the-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook, from beyond the grave"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_31515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31515\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_171252086.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31515\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_171252086.jpg\" alt=\"Gil C \/ Shutterstock.com\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_171252086.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_171252086-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_171252086-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_171252086-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gil C \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Facebook, the world\u2019s most popular social network site, launched an update that allows its users to appoint a \u201clegacy contact\u201d to manage a person\u2019s account even after their passing away.<\/p>\n<p>In a blog post revealing the latest feature, the social networking giant said: &#8220;Facebook is a place to share and connect with friends and family. For many of us, it&#8217;s also a place to remember and honor those we&#8217;ve lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy talking to people who have experienced loss, we realized there is more we can do to support those who are grieving and those who want a say in what happens to their account after death,\u201d it added; referencing its previous effort to create a \u201cmemorial\u201d page for the deceased, upon request of other users.<\/p>\n<p>By way of the new Facebook feature, the designated legacy contact can take charge of the profile of the deceased, and can even update their posts and messages, update profile and cover photos, and even confirm new friend requests. All this activity allows the one who passed away to continue their Facebook online presence from beyond the grave.<\/p>\n<p>Users of the site who choose to appoint a legacy contact can likewise give their consent for their designated contact to download previously shared photos, posts and profile information archived by Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The blog post clarified that &#8220;other settings will remain the same as before the account was memorialized,\u201d and that &#8220;the legacy contact will not be able to log in as the person who passed away or see that person&#8217;s private messages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In this age of the Internet, ownership after death of a person\u2019s \u201cdigital assets\u201d is the subject of much discussion. According to legal experts, there is still so much speculation and subjective interpretation of who really owns digital assets such as cloud storage accounts, email accounts, and online libraries of music and books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook, the world\u2019s most popular social network site, launched an update that allows its users to appoint a \u201clegacy contact\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":31515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-technology","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}