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Your posthumous profile page can now be managed by someone you designate to handle that part of your online legacy. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET ...

Facebook is now letting users choose a trusted family member or friend as a 'Legacy Contact' that can take over their account when they die. The Legacy Contact is able to to write a final post, such ...

I was doing some poking around in my Facebook account settings this week and I came across a setting that I needed to configure – the Legacy contact. I hope you’re familiar with the setting, but I ...

Inheritance is now possible on Facebook. — -- Facebook is now letting its 1.35 billion users decide what will happen to their accounts when they die. Beginning today, users will see an option in ...

Earlier this year, Facebook announced it would be creating a feature called "legacy contacts". This meant that any of the 35 million UK Facebook users would be able to appoint a friend or loved one to ...

Any family member or friend can send Facebook a memorialization request for a deceased user. Posts and photos the person shared will stay on the page and will be visible to friends. Matt Slocum / AP I ...