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Web Smart Challenge #1: 5 Steps to Writing a Social Media Will

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5 S T E P SW R I T I N G A S O C I A L

M E D I A W I L L

C H A L L E N G E # 1

62% of us consider being able to

access a deceased friend or family

member's social media accounts

'important' or 'very important'

­ Digital Death Survey 2014

Step 1

R E V I E W T H E P R I V A C Y P O L I C I E SA N D T H E T E R M S A N D C O N D I T I O N S

O F E A C H W E B S I T E W H E R E Y O UH A V E A P R E S E N C E .

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Step 2

W R I T E D O W N H O W Y O U W O U L D L I K EY O U R P R O F I L E S T O B E H A N D L E D .

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TIP

You may want to completely

cancel your profile or keep it

up for friends and family to

visit. Some sites allow users

to create a memorial profile

where other users can still

see your profile but can’t

post anything new.

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Step 3

G I V E Y O U R E X E C U T O R A D O C U M E N TT H A T L I S T S A L L T H E W E B S I T E S

W H E R E Y O U H A V E A P R O F I L E ,A L O N G W I T H Y O U R U S E R N A M E S

A N D P A S S W O R D S .

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59% of us have 'viewed a social media

account of a friend or family member

after they had died'

­ Digital Death Survey 2014

Step 4

STIPULATE IN YOUR WILL THAT YOUREXECUTOR SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF

YOUR DEATH CERTIFICATE. THE ONLINEEXECUTOR MAY NEED THIS AS PROOF IN

ORDER FOR WEBSITES TO TAKE ANYACTIONS ON YOUR BEHALF.

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Step 5

C H E C K T O S E E I F T H E S O C I A LM E D I A P L A T F O R M S H A V E A C C O U N T

M A N A G E M E N T F E A T U R E S T O L E TY O U P R O A C T I V E L Y M A N A G E W H A T

H A P P E N S T O Y O U R A C C O U N T SA F T E R Y O U D I E .

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TIP

Google's Inactive Account

Manager allows you to

manage how you want your

online content to be saved

or deleted. This feature also

lets you give permission for

your family or close friends

to access the content you

saved on Google websites

after you die.Websmartboomer.com

Steps for using Google's Inactive AccountManager

To set up Inactive Account Manager:

1. Go to www.google.com/settings

2. Click on the link "Control your content".

3. Go to "Assign an account trustee".

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Resources

1. DeadSocial.org offers full guides on how to

plan death for all major social media platforms,

information on how to download your date from

Facebook and Twitter, and many other related

resources and tutorials.

2. You can draft a free social media will at Rocket

Lawyer: https://www.rocketlawyer.com/document

/social­media­will.rl

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Thank you

Keep up. Keep Learning. Be a web smart boomer.


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