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Amend the Stored Communications Act so a Decedent's beneficiary may have access to digital assets upon death.

Created by K.M. on March 01, 2013

According to an article written by Lauren Gambino of the Associated Press on March 1, 2013, an Oregon mother has been attempting to access her 22 year old deceased son's Facebook photos and messages for posterity and keepsake/sentimental reasons. (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_XGR_FACEBOOK_GHOSTS?SITE=AP&SE...)

We hereby request that Congress revisit the woefully outdated Stored Communications Act of 1986. We stand in agreement that digital assets should be treated equally to physical assets upon the owner's death and should be awarded as requested in the decedent's last will and testament, or by a probate judge in the appropriate jurisdiction if no will exists.

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