Facebook facing questions after deleting profile of dead musician

Facebook is facing questions after the profile of a jazz musician was deleted after his death – leaving his partner feeling as if he had ‘died a second time’.

A judge has now ordered the social network to reveal who asked for the profile to be deleted, the Times reports.

When people die, Facebook allows relatives to ask for the profile to be either ‘memorialised’ or deleted – but it’s not clear who applied for the deletion in this case.

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Mirza Krupalija died in 2016, and six months after his death, the social network received a request to delete his page – meaning his partner Azra Sabados lost access to photos and memories.

Sabados said that neither she, nor any family member, made the request – and spent a year dealing with Facebook before taking the company to court.

Sabados said, ‘It’s that feeling, you lose someone you love and you try to hang onto everything, and then something happens and you can’t explain that either and nobody knows, none of the friends, none of the family.

‘Lots of Mirza’s profile included me and our travels, our photos, music he shared, some for me, some for friends, his profile stated that he was in a relationship with me.’

Judge Richard Parkes QC ordered Facebook to reveal the identity of the person who requested the deletion.

The judge said, ‘She finds it hard to imagine how or why the person could have done that and how Facebook gave them standing.’

Facebook has 21 days to respond.