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Digital Estate Planning - What Happens To Your Social Media Accounts When You Die?

09/18/19 • 14 min

What happens to your social media accounts when you die? Attorney Thomas Heekin discusses practical solutions for parents that want to pass along access to their social media accounts, online photo albums and other digital assets to their kids (or other friends or family) after death.
Below are a few related links:
How to appoint a Facebook heir: https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/news/facebook/134723-how-to-appoint-an-heir-on-facebook-for-when-you-die
Florida Bar Article: "Access to Digital Assets – Florida’s New Law for Fiduciaries: What Are Digital Assets and Why Are They Relevant?" https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-journal/access-to-digital-assets-floridas-new-law-for-fiduciaries-what-are-digital-assets-and-why-are-they-relevant/
TEDxWhiteCity: "What Happens To Our Digital Remains When We Die" https://youtu.be/vFPkEIGUofc

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How parents can limit screen time and monitor their kids' digital activity

In this episode, Suzanne Clark discusses two apps that she uses to limit screen time and monitor her kids' digital activity.
Unglue:

Unglue allows parents to easily limit the amount of screen time their kids are spending each day. For more information on this tool, visit: https://www.unglue.com/how_it_works/

Bark:
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