Delaware has become the first US state to grant deceased residents’ executors the right to take over their digital assets such as email and social media accounts.   

This is from an article in ars technica.

“While some states, including Idaho and Nevada, have some existing provisions pertaining to limited digital assets for heirs, they are not as broad as the new Delaware law. For now, the state’s version of UFADAA only applies to residents of Delaware, one of the smallest states by population and land area. If other states don’t follow suit soon, people creating family trusts could conceivably use this Delaware law to their advantage, even without residing in Delaware. However, even though many tech companies (including Twitter, Facebook, and Google) are incorporated there, they will not be affected by the new law.”

The whole article can be found here.

A link to an earlier blog on digital assets can also be found here.