Hundreds of millions of 'dead profiles' will be added to Facebook's network in the next few decades, a study found, raising questions about how the data of the deceased is being handled.
Hundreds of millions of “dead profiles” will be added to Facebook’s network in the next few decades, researchers from Oxford University found.
Hundreds of millions of "dead profiles" will be added to Facebook's network in the next few decades, a study found, raising questions about how the data of the deceased is being handled. Academics noted that this would lead to vast volumes of "digital remains" being left behind — personal data that continues to be stored online after a user's death.
If Facebook's user numbers saw no growth between 2018 and 2100, the research projected that the profiles of the deceased would overtake those of the living in around 50 years. Almost half of the "dead profiles" in this projection would come from Asia, the study found. Under this scenario, the number of accounts belonging to deceased users would significantly increase in non-Western nations, particularly African countries, with Nigeria becoming a major hub of "Facebook mortalities," the study said.
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