“This is about our kids,” Coleman said in a release. “Without proper controls on this new feature, sexual predators are easily able to identify and geographically target our kids.
The full letter, available here, calls on the Meta-owned app to disable the feature for minors, send an alert outlining the risks of location-sharing, disclose how Instagram will use locations, and add an easy option to disable the feature at any time.
Instagram has not yet sent a formal response to the letter.