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What to know about Instagram’s new map feature—and why it’s sparking privacy concerns
Instagram rolled out a new feature resembling Snapchat’s Snap Map that allows users to share their location with followers.
One TikTok user garnered more than 200,000 likes on a video urging followers to turn their locations off on Instagram, calling the map feature “dangerous.” Also in May 2024, online safety campaign director at advocacy group Parents Together, Shelby Knox, told local Seattle outlet Kiro 7 “predators” and “drug dealers” could use the feature to find kids who have shared their location on the map and urged Congress to pass legislation regulating online safety on social media. Last year, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., slammed the planned Instagram map in a post on X, stating social media platforms need to protect the safety of young users instead of “exposing their real-time location to pedophiles and traffickers.”
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