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title: 37 State Attorneys General Urge Meta to Safeguard Instagram’s Location Sharing Feature
date: 2025-08-19T08:48:00-04:00
author: Michelle Felix
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# 37 State Attorneys General Urge Meta to Safeguard Instagram’s Location Sharing Feature

  August 19, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last week, a bipartisan group of 37 state attorneys general led by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez sent a [letter](https://ncdoj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Protect-Instagram-User-Privacy-Multistate-AG-Letter.pdf) to the head of Instagram regarding Instagram’s recently-implemented location sharing feature. The letter states that the AGs have ​“serious concern” over the feature, which allows users’ ​“precise locations to be displayed on a map.” The AGs contend that the feature ​“raises significant public safety and data concerns,” particularly for vulnerable users like children and survivors of domestic violence.

The letter urges Instagram to (1) ​“ensure minors are NOT allowed to enable location sharing features” (emphasis in original), (2) ​“send a clear alert to all adult users explaining the feature” and outlining its alleged risks, and (3) provide a ​“simple, easy-to-access feature” that allows users to disable location sharing at any time. The letter requests ​“prompt action and response” from Meta.

This is yet another example of the of state AGs’ continued focus on ​“[Big Tech](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/what-we-learned-from-naags-director-of-the-center-for-consumer-protection),” data revealing [geolocation](https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-historic-1375-billion-settlement-google-related-texans-data), and [children’s issues](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/state-ags-close-out-2024-and-preview-2025-at-naag-capital-forum), including children’s [privacy](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/new-york-ag-settles-with-school-calendar-app-saturn).

 

 

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