Analysis

Facebook Data After Death: German Court Ruling Stirs Debate

By Steven Trader (June 2, 2017, 10:09 PM EDT) -- This past week, various media outlets reported that a German appellate court had denied the parents of a deceased 15-year-old girl access to her Facebook account, and instead sided with the company's argument that allowing access risked violating the privacy of users she communicated with on the platform....

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