Memorializing sites
October 29th, 2009 by rbanks
Facebook to launch memorial profiles of deceased users
“Facebook is to give people the option to “memorialise” the profile pages of friends and relatives who have died. The site invited family members to report when one of its users had died, to enable it to remove sensitive information such as updates and contacts. It has received complaints from users who have received reminders about dead friends or relatives through its “suggestions” feature, which is intended to help users find other people they might know. […] The site will require proof of death, in the form of an obituary or newspaper cutting. Once the profile has been transformed into a tribute page, only confirmed friends will be able to find and see it. The site will also prevent anyone from logging into the page, but will let friends and family leave remembrance posts on the message wall.” 
guardian.co.uk
