When an owner of a Facebook account dies, the social network often turns it into a "memorialized account," a special type of profile which can only be moderated by the so called "legacy accounts," had ...

Losing a loved one is never easy, and dealing with their digital life can add another layer of stress during an already difficult time. John from Northampton, Pennsylvania, reached out with a question ...

What happens to your Facebook after you die? Friends and family now have a place to leave tributes on memorialized profiles, an update announced on April 9 along with several other changes to ...

Marrian Zhou is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She joined CNET as a staff reporter upon graduation from Columbia Journalism School. When Marrian is not reporting, she is probably ...

Facebook has created a designated ‘tributes’ section for memorialized accounts to compile posts about a loved one who has passed on. The move will separate old posts and comments that were already on ...