A Facebook Memorial has run into some legal trouble in Canada. Apparently the popularity of the memorial on facebook for a two year old murdered boy may pollute a jury pool, violate a court order and a publication ban.
FACEBOOK HAS RUN INTO SOME TROUBLE WITH A FUNERAL MEMORIAL.
As a grief-stricken family prepared the funeral for a two-year-old Oshawa boy slain in a basement apartment, thousands of people turned to Facebook to memorialize the child.
But as mourners — some family, some friends, even complete strangers — post condolences, photos and apparent theories of how the toddler was killed, they could be breaking a court-ordered publication ban.
Neither the victim nor the accused, the mother’s 26-year-old boyfriend, can be publicly identified.via www.metronews.ca
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If someone dies you can have them memoralized on Facebook and still connect.
On Monday Facebook gave some perspective on profile memoralization procedures. We have addressed this before. This appeared on the Official Facebook Blog:
“We understand how difficult it can be for people to be reminded of those who are no longer with them, which is why it’s important when someone passes away that their friends or family contact Facebook to request that a profile be memorialized. For instance, just last week, we introduced new types of Suggestions that appear on the right-hand side of the home page and remind people to take actions with friends who need help on Facebook. By memorializing the account of someone who has passed away, people will no longer see that person appear in their Suggestions.
When an account is memorialized, we also set privacy so that only confirmed friends can see the profile or locate it in search. We try to protect the deceased’s privacy by removing sensitive information such as contact information and status updates. Memorializing an account also prevents anyone from logging into it in the future, while still enabling friends and family to leave posts on the profile Wall in remembrance.
If you have a friend or a family member whose profile should be memorialized, please contact us, so their memory can properly live on among their friends on Facebook.”-Max Kelley-via blog.facebook.com
The Facebook Contact form is below.
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IMPORTANT: This form is solely for the reporting of a deceased person to memorialize the person’s account. Memorializing the account removes certain sensitive information and sets privacy so that only confirmed friends can see the profile or locate it in search. The Wall remains so that friends and family can leave posts in remembrance. Please note that unrelated inquiries through this form may not receive a response.
on the account
which may have been used to create the account
which the person may have been in (e.g., the Stanford University educational network)
Please copy and paste the web address (URL) of his/her profile.
WITH FACE BOOK, When a loved one dies ONE will Need to make a decision about their account. Facebook does provide service where a limited Facebook Memorial stays in place for about a month. In order to do anything with Facebook in the event of someones death you must begin with the deceased’s Login Information.
After Obtaining the login information there is a decision that must be made. Do You Want to do a Facebook Memorial. OR Do you just want to close Your Loved Ones account?(Simply delete the account to close the loved ones account.) Proceed this way if you want a Facebook memorial.
This is what you get with the Memorial:
“When Facebook learns of a death, it immediately removes the deceased’s:
1.contact information,
2.membership in online groups,
3. “personal information ” {favorites- books, movies, quotations, etc). and that is only bringing your loved one to the Facebook funeral home.) It is a no cost removal- a hearse or a van is not used!}
4. What happens next for about a month, the user’s Wall, photographs, and basic info( the hometown, the birthdate, the religion) stay.( a funeral that lasts a month, i have never seen that!). MEMORIALS ARE THEM POSTED ON THE USERS WALL
I’d like to report a deceased user or an account that needs to be memorialized. Pleasereport this information here that we can memorialize this person’s account. Memorializing the account removes certain more sensitive information like status updates and restricts profile access to confirmed friends only. Please note that in order to protect the privacy of the deceased user, we cannot provide login information for the account to anyone. We do honor requests from close family members to close the account completely.
CLICK report this information here, put in the personal information, submit and YOUR FACEBOOK MEMORIAL SHOULD BE READY SHORTLY!
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