Facebook blocks efforts to pull ‘traumatising’ photographs of murderer from victim’s profile
By John Glenday
Facebook is steadfastly refusing to pull a number of ‘traumatising’ photographs of a murderer from his victims own profile, despite repeated requests to do so from her distressed family, after insisting that the profile had been ‘memorialised’.
Hollie Gazzard was murdered by ex-boyfriend Asher Maslin in February of last year but nine photographs of the pair together remained on Gazzrd’s page at the time of her death – whereupon the profile has been frozen.
Defending this stance a Facebook spokesperson said: “People have told us that they would like to leave a legacy on Facebook. We memorialise accounts to provide a place Read full story ›
Source: The Drum




