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If you die, your Facebook page will taunt your family forever.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Isn’t that comforting to know?  Kind of gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside, yes?

A woman wrote into The Consumerist, reporting that Facebook has denied her request to have her deceased brother’s Facebook account closed down.  The sister sent Facebook a copy of her brother’s death certificate, but Facebook refused, citing it was against their policy to close down deceased members’ accounts.

Facebook’s reply?  (more…)