Death has always been present in online systems but until fairly recently has been largely ignored. Social networking sites, in particular, have made this topic unavoidable. Within this blog-post Stacey Pitsillides discusses; the law’s approach to digital death and community responses, the service providers approach within their system and the user approach to dealing with digital death within their networks. The post provides an overview of the complexity of the topic including the ethical and legal infrastructure that needs further development and that affects any work undertaken within this area.