You can now appoint someone to manage your Facebook profile after you die
When you die, what happens to your social media accounts?
There's now an official answer to that question, at least as far as Facebook goes. Starting today, you can choose a "legacy contact" who will decide what to do with your account after your death. Your legacy contact can post one final Facebook update from your account, and they can respond to friend requests, update your cover and profile photos, and archive the rest of your photos and updates.
Previously, Facebook "memorialized" users' accounts, and they could not be changed after users' deaths. But the company received "hundreds of thousands" of requests to download photos or post funeral information, a Facebook spokesperson told USA Today, so the company decided to update its policy.
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To choose your Facebook legacy contact, select "security" and then "legacy contact" under the Settings menu.
