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Instagram Has Unveiled a New Location Sharing Feature. Here's How to Turn It Off
GLOBAL, AUG 7 – Instagram Map lets users control live location sharing with selected followers, automatically disabling after 24 hours without app activity, aiming to enhance social interaction.
- On Thursday, Instagram launched the Instagram Map at the top of direct messages, allowing users to share their live location with followers.
- On Wednesday, Meta announced new Instagram features, including reposts and the Map, with Meta said, "No matter how you use the map, you and your friends have a new, lightweight way to connect with each other."
- The Map feature is off by default with options to hide locations, updates on app open, and disappears after 24 hours if not reopened, users reported, 'Actually terrifying' from followers.
- Users immediately reacted to the Map feature, with Instagram users calling it `actually terrifying` to share real-time location with followers.
- Clarifying user concerns, Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri posted on Aug. 7 that location sharing is fully opt-in and limited to chosen friends, with U.S. users seeing it starting today and global rollout soon.
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