Bipartisan Attorneys General Ask Meta to Safeguard Map Feature

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has joined a bipartisan group of 36 other attorneys general in sending a letter to Instagram’s parent company Meta, he says in a post on X.

• Letter calls on Instagram to ensure minors are not allowed to enable location-sharing features, among other safeguards
• “Instagram’s new map feature allows users’ location to be tracked in real time, which could put kids at risk of being targeted by predators,” Griffin says
• A Meta spokesperson said Instagram Map’s design “already addresses the issues the attorneys general raise”
  • Real-time location features are off by default and parents get notified ...