Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’
“What About Morals?”
4, Apr 2011An instant was all it took to post the photo. The photo I am referring to is the one taken by Mark Musarella. In March of 2009, Musarella—a then retired police officer and EMT from Staten Island, NY—snapped a photo of the beaten and strangled body of Caroline Wimmer in her apartment and posted it [...]
Samaritans and Facebook Partner
12, Mar 2011The Samaritans, a confidential, emotional support service serving the U.K. and Ireland, launched a partnership with Facebook this past week. Now, any Facebook user who suspects another Facebook user may be suicidal or experiencing other emotional crises, can report it to the Facebook Help Center. Other suicide prevention organizations are also listed via the Help [...]
Digital Death Day: London Calling
19, Sep 2010Digital Death Day London Saturday, October 9th 9am-5pm Centre for Creative Collaboration University of London 16 Acton Street (King’s Cross Station) WC1X 9NG London Last May, Meg wrote up a really interesting piece on a Digital Death Day un-conference in California. That post, Digital Death Day is Every Day, is part of Death Ref’s ongoing [...]
Social Networking’s Sudden Morbidity and Mortality
16, Aug 2010Twitter. And Facebook. And death. Future Tense with John Moe, American Public Media (August 16, 2010) Just recently, Twitter announced new guidelines on what it will do when a user dies. Twitter now joins the ranks of Facebook and Myspace in coming up with policies for dead members. We here at Death Ref have been [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Technology|Death + the Web|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Facebook, memorializing, twitter
Dead Netizen
12, Aug 2010There’s been much talk of late about what happens to your online social connections, not to mention your email and all the other ways you exist virtually, after you die. With Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and others there’s you and then there’s virtual you. As more and more people join the virtual you ranks, the implementation [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + the Law|Death + the Web|Death Ethics|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Facebook, twitter