Attorney General Marty Jackley is joining a group of colleaguing urging Instagram to make immediate changes to its new location-sharing feature.
Jackley said the feature allows the precise location of users to be displayed on the map.
He joined a bipartisan group of 37 attorneys general calling for a change.
They say the new feature raises public safety and data privacy concerns and leaves children and other vulnerable people at risk. The attorneys general, in their letter, ask Instagram to:
1. Ensure that minors cannot enable location-sharing features.
2. Send a clear alert to all adult users explaining the feature, outlining its risks, and providing full disclosure of how Instagram will use their location data.
3. For adults who choose to opt in, provide a simple, easy-to-access control to disable location sharing at any time.
The group's full letter is available online.