US EditionBipartisan senators push back on new Instagram map feature over privacy concerns
UNITED STATES, AUG 9 – Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal criticize Meta’s Instagram map for risking children’s safety by revealing real-time locations to predators, citing Meta’s poor child protection record.
- Bipartisan senators expressed concern over Instagram's new map feature that shares users' real-time locations, citing risks to children's safety from predators and traffickers.
- Meta claimed users must opt in for the feature and that it provided parental controls, but senators reported automatic location sharing and difficult parental controls.
- The senators accused Meta of failing to protect children online and called for passing legislation like the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act.
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