A Social Media Will is a document prepared by a living person to provide instructions about how their social media accounts are to be managed or memorialized after their death. The person will assign a Digital Executor in their Social Media Will. The executor will be responsible for managing the designated accounts of the deceased person according to their final wishes.

A Social Media Will is designed to protect your identity, your digital legacy, and to plan for how your social media data will be managed after your death. With a Social Media Will your loved ones will know your wishes and they will be able to show social media providers that they are authorised to access your accounts and data.

Anyone who has a social media account should consider having a Social Media Will. It could be critically important to have an online will if you are a social media influencer or if you use social media to promote your business.

All social media accounts have a value. For some it is the sentimental value of a loved one’s memories, stories, or photos. For others, especially if the account was part of a business or had a significant presence, an account can have a monetary value and needs to be protected.

–       A list of all your information for your social media accounts (providers, account logins, passwords)

–       Instructions for how each account is to be managed

–       Naming of your Digital Executor(s)