Social networks offer options for their users.
Social networks are a space in which we accumulate information of all kinds, we not only share photographs and thoughts, we also use it to communicate with others publicly and privately.
However, in many, doubt has arisen about what happens to all that information when we die, and also the concern of whether that personal data will remain reserved.
Given this, social networks have established mechanisms by which their users They can choose to protect their information or that it is not misused, in the case of death.
This social network allows you to designate a legacy contact, in order to take care of your commemorative account or deciding to have your account removed from Facebook permanently.
If the account is not deleted, this will become commemorative when the person you designated notifies Facebook.
What are commemorative accounts?
Commemorative accounts allow friends and family Keep sharing memories of the person who passed away. Facebook informs on its web portal that the main characteristics of this type of account:
- The words will appear In Memory next to the person’s name on their profile.
- Depending on the privacy settings of the account, friends can share memories in the memorial bio.
- The content that the person has shared (for example, photos, posts, etc.) remains on Facebook and can be seen on the platform by the audience with whom it was shared.
- Memorial profiles do not appear in public spaces, such as “People You May Know” suggestions, birthday reminders, or announcements.
- No one can log into a memorial account.
- Commemorative accounts that do not have a legacy contact cannot be changed.
- Pages with a single administrator whose account has been commemorated will be removed from Facebook if we receive a valid request to commemorate the account.
Legacy Contacts
A legacy contact is the person you choose to Manage your account if you decided to make it commemorative.
Among the faculties that a legacy contact has There is the one who can accept friend requests on behalf of a memorial account, post a tribute post on the profile, and change the profile photo and cover photo. If the memorial account has an area for tributes, the legacy contact can decide who can see the tributes and who can post them.
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For add a legacy contact you must go to Facebook – Help and support – Helpdesk – Manage your account – Account settings – Choose a legacy contact.
Delete account in case of death
If you don’t want a commemorative account, there is the option to permanently delete your account. Facebook will terminate the account when it receives the notice that you have passed away.
These are the steps to request the deletion of your account:
- Click the button at the top right of Facebook (a circle with a downward arrow inside).
- Select Settings and privacy and click Settings.
- Click Memorial Account Settings.
- Scroll down, click Request that your account be deleted when you die, and then click Delete when you pass away.
Facebook details all the information on the subject by entering this link.
On Instagram there are options similar to those offered by Facebook: allows the account to be kept in memory of the person who dies or to be deleted. In order for the account to be terminated, the pertinent documentation must be presented, including a birth and death certificate and proof that the person making the request is the legal representative of the deceased person.
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Once an Instagram account becomes commemorative, no one can make changes to posts or account information. This means that the following content cannot be modified:
- Photos or videos added by the person to their profile.
- Comments on posts shared by the person on their profile.
- Profile privacy settings.
- The photo of the current profile, followers, or users that the person follows.
Entering this link you can learn the steps to follow in both options offered by Instagram.
Twitter has a different policy than the aforementioned social networks and does not allow anyone to access the account of the person who passed away, unless someone else has the password.
On Twitter you can only request the closure of the account and this must be done by a direct relative of the owner, for this they must present a copy of an identification, a copy of the death certificate and fill out a form.
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The recommendation is that if you want your Twitter account to be deleted, the ideal will be to talk it over with a trusted family member to carry out the corresponding process.
Twitter details on its web portal how the process should be carried out. You can review it by entering this link. (E)
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