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It looks like Facebook doesn’t actually check too closely when users tell it that someone else is dead and should have their Facebook account “memorialized” (i.e. locked). Simon Thulbourn isn’t dead, but Facebook thinks he is.
Appearances
June 7-8: Privacy Law Scholars, George Washington
May 23: We Are All Anonymous, Triple Canopy
May 16: Second Annual Conference on Competition, Search, and Social Media, George Mason
May 4: Anonymity and Identity in the Information Age, Cardozo Law School
April 21: Innovate/Activate, U.C. Berkeley
Media
May 18: Quoted in Bright Lines, Big Uncertainty at Publishers Weekly
May 17: Quoted in Georgia State Copyright Case: What You Need To Know—and What It Means for E-Reserves at LibraryJournal
May 15: Quoted in E-Reservations at Inside Higher Ed
May 14: Quoted in Schools can give students 10 percent of a book or one whole chapter at paidContent
May 14: Quoted in Judge Delivers Mixed Verdict in GSU E-reserves Case at Publishers Weekly
Papers
Death of a Data Haven, Ars Technica
Sealand, HavenCo, and the Rule of Law, Illinois Law Review
The Orphan Wars, Educause Review
Undiplomatic Immunity, Jotwell
Owning the Stack, Ars Technica