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Harrison Kaminsky
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In the past, there has been some controversy surrounding Facebook’s policy that applies to accounts of deceased members. Before now, after a Facebook member passed away, the only people able to view the deceased person’s account are his/her Facebook friends, regardless of his/her former privacy settings before he/she died.
Now, the privacy settings on the person’s account will remain, so that if the user’s settings were more or less limited, their wishes before death will be honored.
A recent Facebook blog post stated, “We are respecting the choices a person made in life while giving their extended community of family and friends ongoing visibility to the same content they could always see.”
It’s all still a bit of a blurry area, as some even question whether these accounts of deceased members should remain active and viewable on Facebook. The company has said that they will continue working on how to improve matters in this very delicate and sensitive area.
Source: Facebook
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