The popular social media platform Instagram, which operates under the umbrella of Meta, often comes to the fore with new features it adds. However, some posts circulating on the platform have gone viral, making some interesting claims about Instagram.
A post that circulated on the platform and received thousands of comments and likes claimed that Instagram shared the exact location of its story-sharing users with other people. After this claim, which is not based on facts, created a great controversy, Instagram also had to make a statement and said that there was no such thing. Let’s take a look at the details.
Instagram allegedly shares exact location with followers
An Instagram post that received hundreds of thousands of likes and comments conveyed that the platform shares our exact location with people when we share stories. It was also stated that this happened to iPhone users after the new iOS update.
If we give an example; Allegedly, when you add a location tag (like Istanbul) to the story, Insagram shares your exact location with your followers instead of sharing it as a general location. The post even says it’s been used by criminals to find people and get to homes and cars, taking the allegations even further.
The claim does not reflect the facts.
As alarming as these claims are, they are not true. Apple did not make any changes in location sharing with the update. So we can say that such a thing is not possible. Instagram also denied the accusations with a comment under the post and used the following statements:
“We do not share your location with others. We use location when you add a location tag to a post or story; however, we do not make your exact location public. If you want to change your location settings, you can do so from the settings section of your device.”
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri made a post on Twitter after these viral claims. Noting that they do not share the location with others, Mosseri said, “Location Services is not a new feature coming to Instagram, it is a setting on your device and is used for things like location tags.”
If you want to change your location settings; You can access ‘Location Services’ from the screen that opens by clicking the ‘Privacy’ option in the ‘Settings’ section of your iPhone, and you can select the desired application from here and change your settings.
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