James speaking at the Click Summit in Portugal With so much of our lives online, what happens when we die? This is the question James Norris posed back in 2012 when he set up DeadSocial to legally protect the dead’s digital legacy and even allow them to leave messages […]
Featured Image: Photo by Marta Branco from Pexels From assets like bitcoin to intellectual property like published articles or music, our personal assets are quickly moving beyond just physical properties like real estate to digital ones as we continue to increase our online activities. With social media giant Facebook […]
This device is unable to play the requested video. Facebook has announced a number of changes to how active accounts interact with those whose owners have passed away in order to reduce potential trauma and distress. With so many of us now using social media, there are repercussions when […]
DEVASTATED families searching for answers about their children’s deaths have accused Facebook of cruelly denying them access to the kids’ accounts. The heartbroken dad of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life after watching self-harm videos, said he had been prevented from searching for key online information by […]
What happens to email, usernames, passwords, banking information, social media and blogs when an individual dies? It’s a question most people haven’t considered, but should. Without proper planning and documentation, online information may become inaccessible and may eventually cease to exist. Today, almost everyone has some type of online […]