Facebook users’ accounts turned to a “,” suggesting they are dead to everyone who visits their profile. Facebook apologized for the error and said it was a “terrible error” Facebook introduced the memorial feature in 2015 after a number of high-profile cases where families wanted to access their loved ones’ social accounts. Users can opt to have their account completely delete after their death or turn into a memorial page so that their Facebook friends and families can leave messages and share memories on their profiles. Facebook: “We are very sorry that this happened and we worked as quickly as possible to fix it”
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/11/facebook-users-dead.html