Memorialized Accounts for Deceased Facebook Users Are Getting a Separate Tributes Section

Legacy contacts will have more oversight over these posts

Facebook is adding a new Tributes section for memorialized accounts for deceased users, which is separate from those accounts’ Timelines.

Since February 2014, Facebook has been leaving the privacy settings on memorialized accounts unchanged from how deceased users left them.

And in February 2015, the social network introduced legacy contacts, enabling people to choose friends or family members to handle their memorialized accounts after they pass away.

Legacy contacts can handle tasks such as writing the posts that will be pinned to the top of memorialized Timelines, responding to friend requests and updating profile pictures and cover images, but they cannot log into accounts, read private messages or add or remove friends.

Facebook

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Spring Special

Save 30% Off an ADWEEK Subscription Today!

View Your Options

Already a member? Sign in