Facebook wants to improve the handling of profiles of the deceased. Although no one will get access to their private messages in the future, although the Federal Court has decided otherwise.
But in a new profile section, which is called "Tributes" in English, friends and relatives can commemorate the deceased, as Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg announced. This area may only be managed by the person whom the profile owner specified during his lifetime as a probate contact.
This inheritance contact has already been able to change the profile photo and the background image, and put an entry at the top of the page. Now he can also manage the contributions in the Tributes and adjust, for example, who may see them.
Users can also set profile deletion in the event of death
In addition, Sandberg promises that friends should no longer receive birthday reminders and similarly inappropriate messages when the person in question has died and Facebook has put the profile in a memorial state.
Machine learning should help to avoid such painful situations. At any rate, they want to be better off than they used to, writes Sandberg. In the past, Facebook has encouraged some of its users to invite the deceased to parties.
So far, only discounted Facebook users can define a discount contact , under General Account Settings - Manage Account . Alternatively, they can specify that their own account should be deleted in the event of death. Also, "proven, immediate family members" can request the deletion of a deceased person's account. From now on, parents can also request to become their estate contacts after the death of their underage child. More about this topic can be found here directly on Facebook.
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