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Instagram ‘Map’ feature poses ‘significant’ safety and privacy risks that could endanger kids, state AGs warn

Instagram ‘Map’ feature poses ‘significant’ safety and privacy risks that could endanger kids, state AGs warn

Instagram’s controversial new “Map” feature carries “significant public safety and data privacy concerns" that could endanger kids, a bipartisan group of state attorneys general warned in a letter on Wednesday.

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