A Primitive Study on Privacy Protection of Digital Heritage--From the Perspective of Social media accounts

Abstract

Under the background of digital survival, the boundary between personal space and public space is gradually disappearing, and users' sensitivity to digital privacy is greatly reduced. As a tool of information communication and personal performance, social media accounts carry more and more personal privacy. Protecting the privacy of the deceased is not only reasonable in theory, but also of great significance to the deceased, the living and even the whole nation in practice. Currently, after the death of the user, the privacy of his digital heritage cannot be well protected due to the limitation of platform management and his own media literacy. Through comparison, it is found that many countries have made useful explorations. For the protection of citizens' "freedom" and "dignity", this paper puts forward the protection path of "strengthening the privacy autonomy of the deceased before his death and ensuring that personal information is forgotten after his death". Through the joint efforts of users, social media platforms and laws, the privacy and safety of citizens' digital heritage are jointly protected and citizens' personal information rights are defended.