Instagram’s new map feature places children in danger from those who wish to do them harm, Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said in an Aug. 8 letter addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
“Allowing children to share their real-time location and more readily displaying where they take pictures to strangers—many of whom may be pedophiles and traffickers—will only increase the dangers children face online,” said the senators, asking Zuckerberg to “immediately abandon” the feature.
