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That story could easily read like this: A trans woman has some photos of her and her partner on her profile. Her partner then murders her, is arrested and sent
by onewaystreet 11y ago
That story could easily read like this:
A trans woman has some photos of her and her partner on her profile. Her partner then murders her, is arrested and sent to prison. Her profile is memorialised. Her family gets access to her account from Facebook and replaces all of her photos with photos of her before her transition.
Facebook has no way of knowing the motives of people so they don't try to.
- tellarin 11y agoThe family doesn't need access to the account. It can still be "memorialized". Facebook could very well deal with a list of images to remove and the reason for it. In this case, the reason is cristal clear.
- onewaystreet 11y agoA trans woman has some photos of her and her partner on her profile. She and her partner die in a car crash. Her profile is memorialized. Her family gets Facebook to remove all of the photos with her and her partner.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoThat's why I think that accounts shouldn't be "memorialized" but "frozen in time". Once the person dies, all that data should become a matter of public history record. No alterations.
- pmoriarty 11y agoBetter yet, their account should just be closed and the content be taken down permanently. If someone else wants to "memorialize" them, they should just do so on their own active account, using whatever content they deem fit.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI disagree. The default should be to preserve the record of a person, not trying to erase them from history and pretend they never existed.
- lukevdp 11y ago"memorialized" accounts are frozen and can't be logged into anymore. People can still post on their wall.
- DanBC 11y agoThere's nothing at all trans about this profile. It's a very simple case, and it's very common. About 2 women a week are killed by current or former partners in the UK.
- function_seven 11y agoThere's two ways to go with this. One: delete the account altogether. Two: hand over control of the account to the deceased's estate. The third option Facebook takes is to control it themselves. That's just not right.