Now your Facebook account can live on via 'legacy contact' after you die

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The contact will not, however, be able to log into your account, read your messages, delete friends, or make any new friend requests.

This"legacy contact" will take care of your memorialised account. As a user, you can add a legacy contact through Facebook settings. The contact will be able to decide who can post tributes on your page, accept friend requests as well as change your profile and cover photo.

Facebook said it would increase access for legacy contacts in the long run. Facebook will use artificial intelligence for users to no longer receive notifications regarding people who have died, including birthdays or invite suggestions, theA study by the Oxford Internet Institute claims that the number of dead Facebook users will outnumber those still alive by 2070. According to its calculations, 1.4-billion of the current 2.

 

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