Facebook has introduced a feature that allows you to “memorialize” the account of a deceased person. Doing so makes it so that only confirmed friends can view the person’s profile and removes the profile from search results. It also removes status updates and contact information from the account and makes it so that the account no longer appears in suggestions. The account’s Wall is, however, preserved, allowing friends and family to make posts.
Facebook has created a form where the death of a person can be reported. To prevent people from maliciously flagging accounts as belonging to a deceased person, proof of death, in the form of an obituary or news article, is required.
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