According to BBC News, Ilya Zhitomirskiy who was the co-founder of Facebook has died. He was only 22 years old and he was one of the four New York- based students who had launced Diaspora as a ''privacy-aware, user-controlled'' social network. This was set up by them when alot of people had been critizing that Facebook is not handling the provacy of its users efficiently. The cause of Ilya Zhitomirskiy is still under investigation. But the public memorial services are being planned for him in San Fransisco this week. In the article, Peter Shurman who is the co-founder, stated "We'll all miss Ilya more than we can say. Ilya was a great friend and a brilliant person, a visionary whose work for a better future online brought hope to many people."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15736807
By Ramla Sheriff
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