Police Notify Mother About Son’s Death Over Facebook
Anna Lamb-Creasey's son had disappeared without a trace. She called hospitals and jails. She waited for days and then weeks and then a month, desperate for a sign...
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‘LivesOn’: New App To Keep You Tweeting After Death
A new application will soon allow users to keep posting Twitter updates from beyond the grave, independently using intricate knowledge of your online character to create a virtual...
Hilarious Funeral Home Advertisement Prank
Sure, it's just a prank and mildly inappropriate, but do you think this kind of prank/advertisement could work for a real funeral home? We have been witness to nude...
Learning to Grieve on Social Media
Whether publicly or via intimate messages, people's Facebook interactions with the dead mimic the grieving rituals we've held throughout time. In Mexico, families honor their departed ancestors by...
What Does The Law Say About Obtaining Access To A Dead Family Member’s Facebook Profile?
What Does The Law Say About Obtaining Access To A Dead Family Member's Facebook Profile? What if the bereaved feel entitled to a deeper closure, specifically, by seeking...
What Is Facebook’s Official Policy For Handling User Deaths?
So what happens to all those suddenly abandoned profiles? Their fate could go one of four ways: The profile remains untouched, unaccessed, unreported and therefore open to everyday...
How 1 Billion People Are Coping With Death and Facebook
Article from: Mashable.com "I think I'm going to go online," said Cheryl, logging in to Facebook from her hospital bed. She soon reconsidered, however. "I don't know what...